reak
English
Etymology 1
Compare Icelandic hrekkr, or English wreak vengeance.
Noun
reak (plural reaks)
Etymology 2
Compare wrack (“seaweed”).
Noun
reak (plural reaks)
- A rush.
- Drant
- Feeds on reaks and reeds.
- Drant
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)