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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Wrack \Wrack\, n. [OE. wrak wreck. See Wreck.] [1913 Webster] 1. Wreck; ruin; destruction. [Obs.] --Chaucer. "A world devote to universal wrack." --Milton. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] 2. Any marine vegetation cast up on the shore, especially plants of the genera Fucus, Laminaria, and Zostera, which are most abundant on northern shores. [1913 Webster] 3. (Bot.) Coarse seaweed of any kind. [1913 Webster] Wrack grass, or Grass wrack (Bot.), eelgrass. [1913 Webster]