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Webster 1913 Edition
Wrecker
Wreck′er
,Noun.
1.
One who causes a wreck, as by false lights, and the like.
2.
One who searches fro, or works upon, the wrecks of vessels, etc. Specifically:
(a)
One who visits a wreck for the purpose of plunder. (b)
One who is employed in saving property or lives from a wrecked vessel, or in saving the vessel; as, the
. wreckers
of Key West3.
A vessel employed by wreckers.