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Webster 1913 Edition
Shipwreck
Ship′wreckˊ
,Noun.
1.
The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the winds and waves.
2.
A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship; wreckage.
Dryden.
3.
Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss.
Holding faith and a good conscience, which some having put away concerning faith have made
shipwreck
. 1 Tim. 1. 19.
It was upon an Indian bill that the late ministry
had made shipwreck
. J. Morley.
Ship′wreckˊ
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Shipwrecked
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shipwrecking
.] 1.
To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest.
Shipwrecking
storms and direful thunders break. Shakespeare
2.
To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or passengers. Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or loss; to destroy or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck;
as, to
. shipwreck
a businessAddison.
Webster 1828 Edition
Shipwreck
SHIP'WRECK
,Noun.
1. The destruction of a ship or vessel by being cast ashore or broken to pieces by beating against rocks and the like.
2. The parts of a shattered ship.
3. Destruction.