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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1573-1606
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Schip-wrak, v. Only p.t. and p.p. Also ship-wreaked. [e.m.E. shipwrack (1589); S(c)hip n. and Wrak v.] tr. (To cause) to suffer shipwreck, to be shipwrecked; only in fig. usage, to bring to destruction. —1573 Davidson Satirical Poems xli 144.
He thunderit threitnings … To … rug ȝow back that ȝe micht rew For he knew perseueird ȝe thair Ȝe wer bot schipwrak but reskew 1606 Birnie Kirk-b. Pref.
Althogh the magogick negotiation of Schittim … hes ship-wreaked the soules of some
