a-wrack, advb. phr.
(əˈræk)
[a prep.1 + wrack.]
In a state of wreck or ruin.
| 1627 Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. ix. 41 If she split or sinke, she is awracke. a 1845 Hood Irish Schm. xx, Like tears dried up with rugged huckaback, That sets the mournful visage all awrack. [The sense here is doubtful.] |