shipwreck (shiprek)

[Formerly also ship wrack; foundering at sea, by striking on a rock or shoal, or the like; the wreck of a ship. And so we suffer ship wrack everywhere! Dryden, Annus Mirabilis, st. 35. There are two kinds of shipwreck : (1) When the ve el sinks, or is dashed to pieces. (2) When she is stranded, which is when she grounds and fills with water. Kent, Com., III. 418, note (b). 2. Total failure; destruction; ruin. Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipureck. 1 Tim. i. 19. So am I driuen by breath of her Renowne Either to suffer Shipwracke , or arriue Where I may haue fruition of her loue. Shak., Hen. VI. (fol. 1623), v. 5. 8. Let my sad ship wrack steer you to the bay Of cautious safety. J. Beaumont , Psyche, iii. 192. 3. Shattered remains, as of a ve el which has been wrecked; wreck; wreckage. [Rare.] They might have it in their own country, and that by gathering up the shipwrecks of the A then i an and Roman theatres. Dryden . To make shipwreck of, to cause to fail; ruin; destroy. Such as, having all their substance spent In wanton joyes and lustes intemperate, Did afterwards make ship wrack violent Both of their life and fame. Spenser, F. Q., II. xii. 7. shipwreck (ship'rek), v. t. [ Shipwreck'd upon a kingdom where no pity, No friends, no hope; no kindred weep for me. Shak., Hen. VIII., iii. 1. 149. IMG:content-0890.png:[blocks in formation]