Obs.–1 [OE. wrǽst, wrást elegant, noble, excellent. In ME. perh. a back-formation from UNWRAST a.] a. of sound: Loud, strong. b. Of persons: Stout, active.
13[?]. Gaw. & Gr. Knt., 1423. Wylde wordez hym warp wyth a wrast noyce.
1338. R. Brunne, Chron. (1725), 170. Wilde fire þei kast, þe kyng to confound, His schipmen were fulle wraste [printed wrask], els had he gon to ground.
