vraic

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/vɹeɪk/

noun

Seaweed gathered for use as a fertilizer or fuel.

OriginNorman vraic ← Germanic →
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Meanings

nounvraic (uncountable)

alternative vrack · alternative vraick

  1. uncountableChannel IslandsSeaweed gathered for use as a fertilizer or fuel.

    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, published 2007, page 45

Origin

  1. Germanic
  2. Normanvraic“seaweed”
  3. Englishvraic

From Auregnais Norman vraic (“seaweed”), from Germanic. Doublet of wrack.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with vraic

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Anagrams

vicarVirac
Cite this entry
APA

vraic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vraic

MLA

“vraic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vraic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vraic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vraic.

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