wrack (2)

[RACK (4), s.] A thin, flying cloud; a rack. wrack, v. t. [WRACK (1), s.] *1. To destroy by the force of the waves; to wreck. "Supposing that they saw the Duke's ship wrackt." Dryden: Tempest, i. 2. To tease, to vex, to torment. "I'll cro him, and wrack him, until I heartbreak him." Burns: What Can a Young La ie? *wracke, s . [WRACK (1), s.] *wrack-fül, adj . [English wrack (1), s.; -full .] Ruinous, destructive. "What wanton horrors marked their wrackful path!" Scott: Don Roderick , vi. (Conc.) *wrăck-some, a. [Eng. wrack (1), s.; -some.] Destructive, ruinous. "Bring the wrack some engine to their wall." Hudson: Judith, ii. 361.