thrack en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /θɹæk/
Etymology
From Middle English *threkken, thrucchen, from Old English þryccan (“to press, oppress, afflict”). More at thrutch.
Meanings
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(obsolete, transitive) To load or burden.
But certainly we shall one day find , that the strait gate is too narrow for any man to come bustling in , thrack'd with great possessions, and greater corruptions
1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| thracked | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| thracked | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| thracks | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| thracking | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |