Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SHIP'WRECK
SHIP'WRECK, v.t.
To destroy by running ashore or on rocks or sand-banks. How many vessels are annually shipwrecked on the Bahama rocks! To suffer the perils of being cast away; to be cast ashore with the loss of the ship. The shipwrecked mariners were saved. – Addison. Shak.
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