Definition of rack

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Rack (a.) An instrument or frame used for stretching, extending, retaining, or displaying, something..

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Decrepitate :: Decrepitate (v. t.) To roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling noise; as, to decrepitate salt..
Crackleware :: Crackleware (n.) See Crackle, n., 3..
Carrack :: Carrack (n.) See Carack.
Tie :: Tie (v. t.) A beam or rod for holding two parts together; in railways, one of the transverse timbers which support the track and keep it in place..
Tennis :: Tennis (n.) A play in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motion by striking it with a racket or with the open hand..
Chink :: Chink (n.) A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of wall..
Cracked :: Cracked (imp. & p. p.) of Crac.
Rail :: Rail (n.) A bar of steel or iron, forming part of the track on which the wheels roll. It is usually shaped with reference to vertical strength, and is held in place by chairs, splices, etc..
Squib :: Squib (a.) A little pipe, or hollow cylinder of paper, filled with powder or combustible matter, to be thrown into the air while burning, so as to burst there with a crack..
Racker :: Racker (n.) One who racks.
Rack-rent :: Rack-rent (v. t.) To subject to rack-rent, as a farm or tenant..
Crack-brained :: Crack-brained (a.) Having an impaired intellect; whimsical; crazy.
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..
Sauroidichnite :: Sauroidichnite (n.) The fossil track of a saurian.
Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To trace by scent; to track; -- a hunting term.
Cracknel :: Cracknel (v. t.) A hard brittle cake or biscuit.
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A portable machine variously constructed, for exerting great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body through a small distance. It consists of a lever, screw, rack and pinion, hydraulic press, or any simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever, crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a jackscrew, which is a kind of jack..
Wit-snapper :: Wit-snapper (n.) One who affects repartee; a wit-cracker.
Way :: Way (n.) That by, upon, or along, which one passes or processes; opportunity or room to pass; place of passing; passage; road, street, track, or path of any kind; as, they built a way to the mine..
Console :: Console (n.) A bracket whose projection is not more than half its height.
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