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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1572-1609, 1661
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Wraiking, Vraking, vbl. n.1 [17th c. Eng. wracking (1611); Wra(i)k v.] a. The action or fact of destroying; destruction; ruination (of lands, etc.). b. The downfall, ruin (of a person). —a. 1609 Criminal Trials II 284.
The vtter vraking of owr landis 1661 Aberd. Council Lett. IV 182.
Letters … contra Irvings of Murthill for wraiking and tirring of the inches of the water of Dee —b. 1572-5 Diurnal of Occurrents 147.
The wraiking of James erle of Mortoun
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