wracked
simple past tense and past participle of wrack
• crawked
Source: Wiktionary
Wrack, n.
Definition: A thin, flying cloud; a rack.
Wrack, v. t.
Definition: To rack; to torment. [R.]
Wrack, n. Etym: [OE. wrak wreck. See Wreck.]
1. Wreck; ruin; destruction. [Obs.] Chaucer. "A world devote to universal wrack." Milton. wrack and ruin
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.
3. (Bot.)
Definition: Coarse seaweed of any kind. Wrack grass, or Grass wrack (Bot.), eelgrass.
Wrack, v. t.
Definition: To wreck. [Obs.] Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 June 2025
(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
