~ 1
■ verb variant spelling of rack 1 , rack 4 .
Usage
On the complicated relationship between ~ and rack , see usage at rack 1 .
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~ 2
■ noun a coarse brown seaweed which grows on the shoreline, often with air bladders providing buoyancy. [Several species belonging to Fucus and other genera.]
Origin
C16: appar. from ~ 4 ; cf. varec .
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~ 3
(also rack )
■ noun a mass of high, thick, fast-moving cloud.
Origin
ME: var. of rack 6 .
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~ 4
■ noun archaic or dialect a shipwreck.
↘wreckage.
Origin
ME: from MDu. wrak ; related to wreak and wreck .