What does awrack mean?
Awrack means (archaic) Wrecked; in ruins..
Awrack
/əˈɹæk/ · adverb
Meaning
(archaic) Wrecked; in ruins..
Example Sentences
By the time the storm had blown over the ship was lying awrack on the craggy rocks, all of her crew dead.
So Dan, by dint of noise, obtains a peace, And with his natural untender knack, By new distress, bids former grievance cease, Like tears dried up with rugged huckaback, That sets the mournful visage all awrack ;
But hard blew the winds, and his ship was awrack; His ship it was awrack!
Now falls thy kingdom, Morgan, all awrack, For Uther dies, and England waits a king.
Sometimes it almost seems that the writer takes a perverse delight in finding the times out of joint, finding everything awrack and awry.
His mighty weapon trailing at his back, His gilded five-hued streamers all awrack.
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By the time the storm had blown over the ship was lying awrack on the craggy rocks, all of her crew dead.
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