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Wreckful \Wreck"ful\, a. Causing wreck; involving ruin; destructive. "By wreckful wind." --Spenser. [1913 Webster] more...
Wreck \Wreck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wrecked; p. pr. & vb. n. Wrecking.] [1913 Webster] 1. To destroy, disable, or seriously damage, as a vessel, by driving it against the shore or on rocks, by causing it to become unseaworthy, to founder, or the like; to shipwreck. [1913 Webster] Supposing that they saw the king's ship wrecked. more...
Wreck-master \Wreck"-mas`ter\, n. A person appointed by law to take charge of goods, etc., thrown on shore after a shipwreck. [1913 Webster] Wreke more...
Wreke \Wreke\ (r[=e]k), Wreeke \Wreeke\, v. t. See 2d Wreak. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]See also: Wreak more...
Wreke \Wreke\ (r[=e]k), Wreeke \Wreeke\, v. t. See 2d Wreak. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]See also: Wreak more...
Wrench \Wrench\ (r[e^]nch), n. [OE. wrench deceit, AS. wrenc deceit, a twisting; akin to G. rank intrigue, crookedness, renken to bend, twist, and E. wring. [root]144. See Wring, and cf. Ranch, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] His wily wrenches thou ne mayst not flee. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. A violent twist, or a pull with twisting. more...
Wrench \Wrench\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wrenched; p. pr. & vb. n. Wrenching.] [OE. wrenchen, AS. wrencan to deceive, properly, to twist, from wrenc guile, deceit, a twisting. ????. See Wrench, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. To pull with a twist; to wrest, twist, or force by violence. [1913 Webster] Wrench his sword from him. --Shak. more...