Definition of rack

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Rack (a.) An instrument for bending a bow.

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Racket :: Racket (v. i.) To engage in noisy sport; to frolic.
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..
Underhung :: Underhung (a.) Resting on a track at the bottom, instead of being suspended; -- said of a sliding door..
Bracket :: Bracket (n.) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage.
Deflagrate :: Deflagrate (v. i.) To burn with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; also, to snap and crackle with slight explosions when heated, as salt..
Tipper :: Tipper (n.) A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well; -- so called from the first brewer of it, one Thomas Tipper..
Fusee :: Fusee (n.) The track of a buck.
Thrack :: Thrack (v. t.) To load or burden; as, to thrack a man with property..
Trail :: Trail (v. t.) To hunt by the track; to track.
Grackle :: Grackle (n.) An Asiatic bird of the genus Gracula. See Myna.
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..
Racket :: Racket (n.) Confused, clattering noise; din; noisy talk or sport..
Tinkling :: Tinkling (n.) A grackle (Quiscalus crassirostris) native of Jamaica. It often associates with domestic cattle, and rids them of insects..
Batten :: Batten (n .) A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling; as, (a) pl. (Com. & Arch.) Sawed timbers about 7 by 2 1/2 inches and not less than 6 feet long. Brande & C. (b) (Naut.) A strip of wood used in fastening the edges of a tarpaulin to the deck, also around masts to prevent chafing. (c) A long, thin strip used to strengthen a part, to cover a crack, etc..
Check :: Check (v. i.) To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc..
Monarcho :: Monarcho (n.) The nickname of a crackbrained Italian who fancied himself an emperor.
Check :: Check (v. t.) To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the sun checks timber..
Crackling :: Crackling (n.) Food for dogs, made from the refuse of tallow melting..
Trail :: Trail (n.) A track left by man or beast; a track followed by the hunter; a scent on the ground by the animal pursued; as, a deer trail..
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..
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