CARACKS

Noun

caracks

plural of carack

Anagrams

• crackas

Source: Wiktionary


CARACK

Car"ack, n. Etym: [F. caraque (cf. Sp. & Pg. carraca, It. caracca.), LL. carraca, fr. L. carrus wagon; or perh. fr. Ar. qorqur (pl. qaraqir) a carack.] (Naut.)

Definition: A kind of large ship formerly used by the Spaniards and Portuguese in the East India trade; a galleon. [Spelt also carrack.] The bigger whale like some huge carrack law. Waller.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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