Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WRECK, v.t. [Sw. vräka, to throw away.]

1. To strand; to drive against the shore, or dash against rocks, and break or destroy. The ship Diamond of New York, was wrecked on a rock in Cardigan Bay, on the coast of Wales.
2. To ruin; as, they wreck their own fortunes.
3. Wreck for Wreak is improper. – Shak.