_Douglas._

~Wraithly~, _adv._ Furiously.

_Wallace._

WRAK, WRAIK, WRACK, WRECK, WREK, _s._

1. Whatever is thrown out by the sea, as _broken_ pieces of wood, sea-weed, &c., S.

2. Often appropriated to sea-weed, S.

_Barry._

This receives different names in different parts of S.; as, _b.u.t.ton wrack_, _lady wrack_, &c.

_Stat. Acc._

3. The weeds gathered from land, and generally piled up in heaps for being burnt, S.

_Pennecuik._

4. Trash, refuse of any kind.

_Bannatyne Poems._

Su. G. _wrak_, E. wreck; also, any thing that is of little value, mere trash; Dan. _vrag_, id.

_To_ WRAMP, _v. a._ To sprain any part of the body, S. c.u.mb.

Belg. _wremp-en_, to distort the mouth.

~Wramp~, _s._ A twist or sprain, S.

_Watson._

WRANG, _s._ Wrong, S.

_Barbour._

~Wrangwis~, ~Wrangwiss~, _adj._

1. Wrong, not proper.

_Wallace._

2. Wrongful, unjust.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _wise_, manner, used as a _term._, changes the _s._ to which it is affixed into an _adj._ as _riht-wise_, whence E. _righteous_.

WRANGIS, WRAYNGIS, _s. pl._ The ribs or floor timbers of a ship; Fr.

_varangues_, id.

_Douglas._

Radically the same with S. _rung_.

_To_ WRAPLE, _v. a._ To entangle, to warp, also _warple_, S. B.

_Ross._

Originally the same with _Wrabil_, q. v.

WRAT, _s._ A wart or hard rough excrescence, chiefly on the fingers, S.; the _Verruca_ of physicians.

Belg. _wratte_.

_Z. Boyd._

WRATACK, _s._ A dwarf, S. B.

_Ross._

Gael. _bridach_, _cruitecan_, id.; Dan. _vreden_, tortus.

_To_ WRATCH, WRETCH, _v. n._ To become n.i.g.g.ardly, S.

_Kelly._

Belg. _vrek_, _vrekkig_, n.i.g.g.ardly.

WRATE, _pret. v._ Apparently, died.

_Wyntown._

Moes. G. _wrat-on_, Isl. _rat-a_, peregrinari.

WRE. L. _vre_, chance.

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