reak

English

Etymology 1

Compare Icelandic hrekkr, or English wreak vengeance.

Noun

reak (plural reaks)

  1. (obsolete) A prank.
    • Beaumont and Fletcher
      They play such reaks.

Etymology 2

Compare wrack (“seaweed”).

Noun

reak (plural reaks)

  1. A rush.
    • Drant
      Feeds on reaks and reeds.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for reak in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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