Definition of "vraic" []

• Seaweed gathered for use as a fertilizer or fuel. (noun)

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• "Then the gathering of the vraic was a fete, and the lads and lasses footed it on the green or on the hard sand, to the chance flageolets of sportive seamen home from the war."
• "As he spoke he sat down and began to crush a bit of vraic between his fingers."
• "In June there's a second harvest when only the poor people may cut the vraic for a few weeks."