| 释义 |
▪ I. wracker1 rare.|ˈrækə(r)|
[f. wrack v.2 + -er1.]
One who wrecks, ruins, or subverts.
1611Cotgr., Ruineur, a ruiner, wracker, spoyler.
▪ II. † wracker2 Obs. rare.
[f. wrack v.3 + -er1, or ad. MLG. wraker (whence Da. vrager sorter).]
= wraker.
1584[see wraker]. 1719in Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs Scot. (1885) V. 217 By means of wrackers of herrings to be imported there. Ibid., To appoint..ane overseer of these wrackers.
▪ III. wracker3 rare.|ˈrækə(r)|
[f. wrack n.2 3 + -er1 1. Cf. vraicker.]
One who collects wrack, vraic, or seaweed.
1833Fraser's Mag. VII. 293 The Norman wrackers, as they gathered sea-weed on the beach.
▪ IV. wracker
obs. var. racker1.
1736Ainsworth i, Contortor,..a wracker, or wrester. |