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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Wra(i)kit, ppl. adj.¹ Also: wraikkit, wraked. [e.m.E. wracked (1581); Wra(i)k n.¹, adj. and v.] a. Of a ship: ? That has been wrecked or ? that is not seaworthy. (Wra(i)k n.¹ 3 or 4 or Wra(i)k v. 7.) b. Of goods: Deriving from a shipwreck. (Wra(i)k n.¹ 6.) c. Of property: Damaged, destroyed. (Wra(i)k v. 2.) d. Of a person: Ruined. (Wra(i)k v. 1 c.)a. 1588 Edinb. Test. XIX 171b.
Ane half quarter of ane auld wraikit schipe … xx lib.b. 1579 Edinb. Test. VII 303b.
In the schip brokin at … Lambes … foure last of geir quhairof the wraikkit geir recouerit out of the same being sauldc. 1595 Reg. Privy C. V 758.
Considering the wraikit conditioun of his propertie a1597-1617 Hist. Jas. VI (1825) 364.
Repayre the decay, and wraikit estait of our patremonied. 1615 Sutherland Bk. II 118.
Ye mon ather deall with the king for my stay at home … or ellis I wilbe bot ane wraked man 1653 Glasgow B. Rec. II 266.
The wrakit people … wha had thair lands brunt