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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Trackage :: Trackage (n.) The act of tracking, or towing, as a boat; towage..
Racketing :: Racketing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Racke.
Choppy :: Choppy (a.) Full of cracks.
Y :: Y (n.) A portion of track consisting of two diverging tracks connected by a cross track.
Bracky :: Bracky (a.) Brackish.
Miserere :: Miserere (n.) A small projecting boss or bracket, on the under side of the hinged seat of a church stall (see Stall). It was intended, the seat being turned up, to give some support to a worshiper when standing. Called also misericordia..
Bracket :: Bracket (n.) A piece or combination of pieces, usually triangular in general shape, projecting from, or fastened to, a wall, or other surface, to support heavy bodies or to strengthen angles..
Cracker :: Cracker (n.) A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc.
Crack :: Crack (n.) A partial separation of parts, with or without a perceptible opening; a chink or fissure; a narrow breach; a crevice; as, a crack in timber, or in a wall, or in glass..
Wrack :: Wrack (v. t.) To wreck.
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..
Crane :: Crane (n.) A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc., -- generally used in pairs. See Crotch, 2..
Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) A turning off to a side or short track, that the principal track may be left free..
Taste :: Taste (v. i.) To have a smack; to excite a particular sensation, by which the specific quality or flavor is distinguished; to have a particular quality or character; as, this water tastes brackish; the milk tastes of garlic..
Trail :: Trail (n.) A footpath or road track through a wilderness or wild region; as, an Indian trail over the plains..
Pinion :: Pinion (n.) A cogwheel with a small number of teeth, or leaves, adapted to engage with a larger wheel, or rack (see Rack); esp., such a wheel having its leaves formed of the substance of the arbor or spindle which is its axis..
Shaken :: Shaken (a.) Cracked or checked; split. See Shake, n., 2..
Snap :: Snap (v. i.) To give forth, or produce, a sharp, cracking noise; to crack; as, blazing firewood snaps..
Trace :: Trace (v. t.) A mark left by anything passing; a track; a path; a course; a footprint; a vestige; as, the trace of a carriage or sled; the trace of a deer; a sinuous trace..
Crack :: Crack (n.) A boast; boasting.
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