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wreckage|ˈrɛkɪdʒ|
[f. wreck v.1 + -age 3.]
1. The action or process of wrecking; the fact of being wrecked. Also fig.
1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. ii. v. ii, Wreckage and dissolution are the appointed issue for both [sc. wisdom and folly]. 1890Gasquet & Bishop Edw. VI & Bk. Com. Prayer 272 A lively picture of the wreckage of ecclesiastical structures at that time [1548–9]. 1899Mackail Life Morris II. 291 There had been much wreckage of unverified beliefs and extravagant hopes.
2. Fragments or remains of a shattered or wrecked vessel; wreck.
1846Worcester (citing Times). 1867Morn. Star 4 Feb., A large quantity of timber, ship's spars, &c...The wreckage appeared to be that of a large ship. 1885T. P. Battersby Elf Island 36 The deck was..covered with wreckage. 1899Doyle Duet (1909) 119/2 Some of the wreckage from those vanished vessels.
attrib.1898Meredith Odes Fr. Hist. 23 His wreckage-spars, His harried ships.
b. pl. Pieces or fragments of wreck. rare.
1864Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xvii. vii, A bolt shot into the storm-tost Sea and its wreckages.
3. Material of or from a wrecked or shattered structure; a ruined fabric, building, etc.
1874J. Geikie Gt. Ice Age xvi. 208 The ice-current..would leave upon their frozen shores the wreckage of the distant mountains. 1891Baring-Gould In Troubadour-Land viii. 112 They form the wreckage of a palace for princes. 1894Doyle Mem. Sherlock Holmes 103 The venerable wreckage of a feudal keep.
b. fig. Persons whose lives have been wrecked, who have failed to maintain a position in society.
1883F. Peek (title) Social Wreckage; a Review of the Laws of England as they affect the Poor. 1888Pall Mall G. 26 Nov. 6/1 Twenty beds..are nightly filled by wreckage, more or less battered, from the stress of life. 1898Daily News 18 Apr. 5/1 What a line of flotsam and jetsam it is!..that mass of human wreckage. |
