Definition of rack

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Rack (a.) An engine of torture, consisting of a large frame, upon which the body was gradually stretched until, sometimes, the joints were dislocated; -- formerly used judicially for extorting confessions from criminals or suspected persons..

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Parathesis :: Parathesis (n.) The matter contained within brackets.
Zostera :: Zostera (n.) A genus of plants of the Naiadaceae, or Pondweed family. Zostera marina is commonly known as sea wrack, and eelgrass..
Brustle :: Brustle (v. i.) To crackle; to rustle, as a silk garment..
Grit :: Grit (n.) Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats..
Dog :: Dog (v. t.) To hunt or track like a hound; to follow insidiously or indefatigably; to chase with a dog or dogs; to worry, as if by dogs; to hound with importunity..
Shunter :: Shunter (n.) A person employed to shunt cars from one track to another.
Cranny :: Cranny (v. i.) To crack into, or become full of, crannies..
Sleuthhound :: Sleuthhound (n.) A hound that tracks animals by the scent; specifically, a bloodhound..
Cracker :: Cracker (n.) One who, or that which, cracks..
Spring :: Spring (v. t.) To crack or split; to bend or strain so as to weaken; as, to spring a mast or a yard..
Tricktrack :: Tricktrack (n.) An old game resembling backgammon.
Racket :: Racket (n.) A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.
Bracket :: Bracket (n.) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage.
Crack :: Crack (n.) Breach of chastity.
Jimcrack :: Jimcrack (n.) See Gimcrack.
Simnel :: Simnel (n.) A kind of cake made of fine flour; a cracknel.
Decrepitation :: Decrepitation (n.) The act of decrepitating; a crackling noise, such as salt makes when roasting..
Tramroad :: Tramroad (n.) A road prepared for easy transit of trams or wagons, by forming the wheel tracks of smooth beams of wood, blocks of stone, or plates of iron..
Cry :: Cry (v. i.) The crackling noise made by block tin when it is bent back and forth.
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