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English Dictionary: Carack by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Carack
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
carack
n
  1. a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman
    Synonym(s): carrack, carack
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[d4]r (pl. qar[be]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.
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