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carack |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Carack \Car"ack\, n. [F. caraque (cf. Sp & Pg carraca, It caracca.), LL carraca, fr L. carrus wagon; or perh. fr Ar qorq[=u]r (pl. qar[=a]qir) a carack.] (Naut.) A kind of large ship formerly used by the Spaniards and Portuguese in the East India trade a galleon. [Spelt also {carrack}.] The bigger whale like some huge carrack lay. --Waller. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: carack n : a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman [syn: {carrack}]
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