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Definition of: carack
(kar′ək) noun
A large Portuguese or Spanish merchant vessel, frequently armed, in use from the 15th to the 17th century: also spelled carrack. [<OF carraque <Med. L carraca,? <Arabic qaraqīr, plural of qorqūr merchant ship]
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