vraic
English
Etymology
From Auregnais Norman vraic (“seaweed”), from Germanic. Doublet of wrack.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɹeɪk/
- Rhymes: -eɪk
Noun
vraic (uncountable)
- (Channel Islands) Seaweed gathered for use as a fertilizer or fuel.
- 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 45:
- There was some sort of big pans, I didn't know what they was for; but Jim said once upon a time they was used to boil vraic to make iodine.
- 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 45:
Related terms
- vraicqueur
- vraicker
Translations
seaweed gathered for use as a fertilizer or fuel
|
Anagrams
- -cavir, Virac, vicar
Norman
Alternative forms
- vrai (Jersey)
Etymology
From a Germanic source; compare English wrack, Dutch wrak, German Wrack, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *wrekaną (“to drive out”).
Noun
vraic m (uncountable)
- (Guernsey) seaweed, vraic