vraicn.

Brit.

/vreɪk/, U.S.

/vreɪk/

Etymology: French dialect (Channel Islands) vraic , also vrec , vrac : see wrack n.² and compare varec n.

A seaweed found in the Channel Islands, used for fuel and manure.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [noun] > of unspecified or various types

sea-grass1591

rockweed1599

sea-tree1601

zoster1601

float-ore1602

vraic1610

sea-wrack1611

spangle-wort1681

trunk-weed1730

turtle-grass1736

sea-pine1762

agar-agar1769

greenweed1820

bull-kelpc1929

agarophyte1944

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants yielding fuel or manure > [noun] > seaweeds used as fuel or manure

warec725

sea-warec1000

kelpa1387

orewood1586

ore1587

float-ore1602

vraic1610

woad of the seaa1613

oarweed1622

bell-ware1812

laminaria1848

1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. x. 30 Vraic or Orewood, (Alga Marina) is diuersly applyed for soyling.

1674 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 4) Vraic, a kind of Sea-weed, of which they make fuel in the isles of Jersey and Gernsey.

1694 P. Falle Acct. Isle of Jersey ii. 67 'Tis a Sea-weed; but a Weed more valuable to Us than the choicest Plant that grows in our Gardens. We call it Vraic;..and it grows on the Rocks about the Island.

1736 W. R. Chetwood Voy. W. O. G. Vaughan II. 203 For Fuel..they make use of a Sea Weed, by the Inhabitants call'd Vraic [printed Vraù].

1742 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 3) III. 269 Their Manure is Sea-weed, call'd Vraic, of which we have taken notice above.

a1847 E. Cook Song Seaweed xxix The Vraic! the Vraic! pile it on to the fire.

1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands iv. xx. 469 The load of fresh vraic is computed to give three bushels of ashes.

1881 B. Webber In Luck's Way i. i Amid this wilderness of rock and vraic and wrinkled sand.

attributive.1865 Mrs. L. L. Clarke Common Seaweeds Concl. 138 I have turned over the vraic-heaps as they were carted up from the lowest tide.

Derivatives

ˈvraicker n. one who gathers vraic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > seaweed-gathering > seaweed-gatherer

wracker1833

vraicker1835

1835 H. D. Inglis Channel Islands 64 At half tide, or low water multitudes of carts and horses, boats and vraickers, cover the beach.

ˈvraicking n. the gathering of vraic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > seaweed-gathering

vraicking1835

seaweeding1865

1835 H. D. Inglis Channel Islands 63 The vraicking parties consisting of eight, ten, or twelve persons.

1852 L. Clarke Guernsey & Jersey iii. 57 For a walk or a ride to either of these bays on a vraicing day.

1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands i. vi. 123 It is only used..during the vraicking season.

1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands iv. xxii. 515 Vraicking in the Channel Islands is a custom that time has hallowed into an institution.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vraic
释义	vraicn. Brit. /vreɪk/, U.S. /vreɪk/ Etymology: French dialect (Channel Islands) vraic , also vrec , vrac : see wrack n.² and compare varec n. A seaweed found in the Channel Islands, used for fuel and manure. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [noun] > of unspecified or various types sea-grass1591 rockweed1599 sea-tree1601 zoster1601 float-ore1602 vraic1610 sea-wrack1611 spangle-wort1681 trunk-weed1730 turtle-grass1736 sea-pine1762 agar-agar1769 greenweed1820 bull-kelpc1929 agarophyte1944 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants yielding fuel or manure > [noun] > seaweeds used as fuel or manure warec725 sea-warec1000 kelpa1387 orewood1586 ore1587 float-ore1602 vraic1610 woad of the seaa1613 oarweed1622 bell-ware1812 laminaria1848 1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. x. 30 Vraic or Orewood, (Alga Marina) is diuersly applyed for soyling. 1674 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 4) Vraic, a kind of Sea-weed, of which they make fuel in the isles of Jersey and Gernsey. 1694 P. Falle Acct. Isle of Jersey ii. 67 'Tis a Sea-weed; but a Weed more valuable to Us than the choicest Plant that grows in our Gardens. We call it Vraic;..and it grows on the Rocks about the Island. 1736 W. R. Chetwood Voy. W. O. G. Vaughan II. 203 For Fuel..they make use of a Sea Weed, by the Inhabitants call'd Vraic [printed Vraù]. 1742 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 3) III. 269 Their Manure is Sea-weed, call'd Vraic, of which we have taken notice above. a1847 E. Cook Song Seaweed xxix The Vraic! the Vraic! pile it on to the fire. 1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands iv. xx. 469 The load of fresh vraic is computed to give three bushels of ashes. 1881 B. Webber In Luck's Way i. i Amid this wilderness of rock and vraic and wrinkled sand. attributive.1865 Mrs. L. L. Clarke Common Seaweeds Concl. 138 I have turned over the vraic-heaps as they were carted up from the lowest tide. Derivatives ˈvraicker n. one who gathers vraic. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > seaweed-gathering > seaweed-gatherer wracker1833 vraicker1835 1835 H. D. Inglis Channel Islands 64 At half tide, or low water multitudes of carts and horses, boats and vraickers, cover the beach. ˈvraicking n. the gathering of vraic. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > seaweed-gathering vraicking1835 seaweeding1865 1835 H. D. Inglis Channel Islands 63 The vraicking parties consisting of eight, ten, or twelve persons. 1852 L. Clarke Guernsey & Jersey iii. 57 For a walk or a ride to either of these bays on a vraicing day. 1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands i. vi. 123 It is only used..during the vraicking season. 1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands iv. xxii. 515 Vraicking in the Channel Islands is a custom that time has hallowed into an institution. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1610
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