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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Bracketed :: Bracketed (imp. & p. p.) of Bracke.
Check :: Check (v. t.) To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the sun checks timber..
Rime :: Rime (n.) A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack.
Wit-cracker :: Wit-cracker (n.) One who breaks jests; a joker.
Oyster :: Oyster (n.) Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Ostrea. They are usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers. The common European oyster (Ostrea edulis), and the American oyster (Ostrea Virginiana), are the most important species..
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..
Mesh :: Mesh (n.) The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a wheel and rack..
Cantalever :: Cantalever (n.) A bracket to support a balcony, a cornice, or the like..
Tracking :: tracking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trac.
Racked :: Racked (imp. & p. p.) of Rac.
Crack :: Crack (n.) A boy, generally a pert, lively boy..
Otozoum :: Otozoum (n.) An extinct genus of huge vertebrates, probably dinosaurs, known only from four-toed tracks in Triassic sandstones..
Sleuth :: Sleuth (n.) The track of man or beast as followed by the scent.
Crackle :: Crackle (n.) A condition produced in certain porcelain, fine earthenware, or glass, in which the glaze or enamel appears to be cracked in all directions, making a sort of reticulated surface; as, Chinese crackle; Bohemian crackle..
Racquet :: Racquet (n.) See Racket.
Sprad :: Sprack (a.) Quick; lively; alert.
Shabrack :: Shabrack (n.) The saddlecloth or housing of a cavalry horse.
Slash :: Slash (v. t.) To crack or snap, as a whip..
Cracksmen :: Cracksmen (pl. ) of Cracksma.
Gimcrack :: Gimcrack (n.) A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing.
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