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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Racket :: Racket (v. i.) To carouse or engage in dissipation.
Rack :: Rack (v. t.) To stretch or strain, in a figurative sense; hence, to harass, or oppress by extortion..
Track :: Track (v. t.) To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a line, men or animals on shore being the motive power; to tow..
Becket :: Becket (n.) A small grommet, or a ring or loop of rope / metal for holding things in position, as spars, ropes, etc.; also a bracket, a pocket, or a handle made of rope..
Gallery :: Gallery (a.) A long and narrow platform attached to one or more sides of public hall or the interior of a church, and supported by brackets or columns; -- sometimes intended to be occupied by musicians or spectators, sometimes designed merely to increase the capacity of the hall..
Crisp :: Crisp (a.) Brisk; crackling; cheerful; lively.
Crackle :: Crackle (v. i.) To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle..
Wrack :: Wrack (n.) Any marine vegetation cast up on the shore, especially plants of the genera Fucus, Laminaria, and Zostera, which are most abundant on northern shores..
Recheat :: Recheat (n.) A strain given on the horn to call back the hounds when they have lost track of the game.
Exorbitant :: Exorbitant (a.) Departing from an orbit or usual track; hence, deviating from the usual or due course; going beyond the appointed rules or established limits of right or propriety; excessive; extravagant; enormous; inordinate; as, exorbitant appetites and passions; exorbitant charges, demands, or claims..
Crack :: Crack (n.) Rupture; flaw; breach, in a moral sense..
Racket :: Racket (v. t.) To strike with, or as with, a racket..
Clift :: Clift (n.) A cleft of crack; a narrow opening.
Broken :: Broken (v. t.) Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship..
Hatrack :: Hatrack (n.) A hatstand; hattree.
Hayrack :: Hayrack (n.) A frame mounted on the running gear of a wagon, and used in hauling hay, straw, sheaves, etc.; -- called also hay rigging..
Trail :: Trail (v. t.) To hunt by the track; to track.
Rack :: Rack (a.) A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes; -- called also rack block. Also, a frame to hold shot..
Page :: Page (n.) A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack.
Trackage :: Trackage (n.) The act of tracking, or towing, as a boat; towage..
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