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car⋅ack

  [kar-uhk]
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–noun Nautical.
carrack.

car⋅rack

  [kar-uhk]
–noun
a merchant vessel having various rigs, used esp. by Mediterranean countries in the 15th and 16th centuries; galleon.
Also, carack.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME carrake < MF carraque < Sp carraca, perh. back formation from Ar qarāqīr (pl. of qurqūr ship of burden < Gk kérkouros), the -īr being taken as pl. ending
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car·ack   (kār'ək)   
n.  Variant of carrack.
car·rack also car·ack   (kār'ək)   
n.  A large galleon used in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.

[Middle English carike, from Medieval Latin carrica and from Old French caraque (from Old Spanish carraca), both from Arabic qarāqīr, pl. of qurqūr, from Greek kerkouros, fast light vessel.]
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carrack 
c.1386, from O.Fr. carraque, from Arabic qaraqir, pl. of qurqur "merchant ship," perhaps from L. carricare (see charge).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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