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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Gimcrack :: Gimcrack (n.) A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing.
Crack :: Crack (n.) A sharp, sudden sound or report; the sound of anything suddenly burst or broken; as, the crack of a falling house; the crack of thunder; the crack of a whip..
Spoor :: Spoor (n.) The track or trail of any wild animal; as, the spoor of an elephant; -- used originally by travelers in South Africa..
Up-line :: Up-line (n.) A line or track leading from the provinces toward the metropolis or a principal terminus; the track upon which up-trains run. See Up-train.
Sprunt :: Sprung (a.) Said of a spar that has been cracked or strained.
Rack :: Rack (v.) To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace; -- said of a horse..
Terrapin :: Terrapin (n.) Any one of numerous species of tortoises living in fresh and brackish waters. Many of them are valued for food.
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction, as of a carriage or railway car, by the pressure of rubbers against the wheels, or of clogs or ratchets against the track or roadway, or of a pivoted lever against a wheel or drum in a machine..
Nutcracker :: Nutcracker (n.) The American, or Clarke's, nutcracker (Picicorvus Columbianus) of Western North America..
Helminthite :: Helminthite (n.) One of the sinuous tracks on the surfaces of many stones, and popularly considered as worm trails..
Cracked :: Cracked (a.) Crack-brained.
Crack :: Crack (a.) Of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of.
Tricktrack :: Tricktrack (n.) An old game resembling backgammon.
Necked :: Necked (a.) Cracked; -- said of a treenail.
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..
Grease :: Grease (n.) An inflammation of a horse's heels, suspending the ordinary greasy secretion of the part, and producing dryness and scurfiness, followed by cracks, ulceration, and fungous excrescences..
Crack :: Crack (v. i.) To utter a loud or sharp, sudden sound..
Chap :: Chap (n.) A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin..
Shunter :: Shunter (n.) A person employed to shunt cars from one track to another.
Switch :: Switch (n.) A movable part of a rail; or of opposite rails, for transferring cars from one track to another..
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