Definition of rack

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Rack (v. t.) To extend by the application of force; to stretch or strain; specifically, to stretch on the rack or wheel; to torture by an engine which strains the limbs and pulls the joints..

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Rack-renter :: Rack-renter (n.) One who is subjected to paying rack-rent.
Killifish :: Killifish (n.) Any one of several small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus Fundulus and allied genera. They live equally well in fresh and brackish water, or even in the sea. They are usually striped or barred with black. Called also minnow, and brook fish. See Minnow..
Carac :: Carac (n.) See Carack.
Bracket :: Bracket (v. t.) To place within brackets; to connect by brackets; to furnish with brackets.
Boat-tail :: Boat-tail (n.) A large grackle or blackbird (Quiscalus major), found in the Southern United States..
Racker :: Racker (n.) One who racks.
Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) A turning off to a side or short track, that the principal track may be left free..
Check :: Check (v. t.) To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the sun checks timber..
Crack :: Crack (a.) Of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of.
Track :: Track (n.) The entire lower surface of the foot; -- said of birds, etc..
Hack :: Hack (n.) A frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, etc..
Tracker :: Tracker (n.) One who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog that follows game..
Turn-out :: Turn-out (n.) A short side track on a railroad, which may be occupied by one train while another is passing on a main track; a shunt; a siding; a switch..
Slat :: Slat (v. t.) To split; to crack.
Barrack :: Barrack (v. i.) To live or lodge in barracks.
Lodge :: Lodge (n.) To drive to shelter; to track to covert.
Flawy :: Flawy (a.) Full of flaws or cracks; broken; defective; faulty.
Bloodhound :: Bloodhound (n.) A breed of large and powerful dogs, with long, smooth, and pendulous ears, and remarkable for acuteness of smell. It is employed to recover game or prey which has escaped wounded from a hunter, and for tracking criminals. Formerly it was used for pursuing runaway slaves. Other varieties of dog are often used for the same purpose and go by the same name. The Cuban bloodhound is said to be a variety of the mastiff..
Casern :: Casern (n.) A lodging for soldiers in garrison towns, usually near the rampart; barracks..
Flaw :: Flaw (n.) A crack or breach; a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion; as, a flaw in a knife or a vase..
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