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Webster 1913 Edition
Carack
Car′ack
,Noun.
[F.
caraque
(cf. Sp. & Pg. carraca
, It. caracca
.), LL. carraca
, fr. L. carrus
wagon; or perh. fr. Ar. qorqūr
(pl. qarāqir
) 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.