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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Pearlstone :: Pearlstone (n.) A glassy volcanic rock of a grayish color and pearly luster, often having a spherulitic concretionary structure due to the curved cracks produced by contraction in cooling. See Illust. under Perlitic..
Tramroad :: Tramroad (n.) A road prepared for easy transit of trams or wagons, by forming the wheel tracks of smooth beams of wood, blocks of stone, or plates of iron..
Sprad :: Sprack (a.) Quick; lively; alert.
Brackishness :: Brackishness (n.) The quality or state of being brackish, or somewhat salt..
Torture :: Torture (n.) Especially, severe pain inflicted judicially, either as punishment for a crime, or for the purpose of extorting a confession from an accused person, as by water or fire, by the boot or thumbkin, or by the rack or wheel..
Footstep :: Footstep (n.) The mark or impression of the foot; a track; hence, visible sign of a course pursued; token; mark; as, the footsteps of divine wisdom..
Wrackful :: Wrackful (a.) Ruinous; destructive.
Cracker :: Cracker (n.) A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc.
Leak :: Leak (v.) A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape; as, a leak in a roof; a leak in a boat; a leak in a gas pipe..
Pathway :: Pathway (n.) A footpath; a beaten track; any path or course. Also used figuratively.
Crackle :: Crackle (v. i.) To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle..
Crack :: Crack (v. i.) To be ruined or impaired; to fail.
Piste :: Piste (n.) The track or tread a horseman makes upon the ground he goes over.
Jimcrack :: Jimcrack (n.) See Gimcrack.
Racket :: Racket (n.) A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.
Tracing :: Tracing (n.) A regular path or track; a course.
Hackmatack :: Hackmatack (n.) The American larch (Larix Americana), a coniferous tree with slender deciduous leaves; also, its heavy, close-grained timber. Called also tamarack..
Bracketing :: Bracketing (n.) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively..
Racketed :: Racketed (imp. & p. p.) of Racke.
Sally :: Sally (v.) An excursion from the usual track; range; digression; deviation.
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