Definition of rack

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Rack (a.) A bar with teeth on its face, or edge, to work with those of a wheel, pinion, or worm, which is to drive it or be driven by it..

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Backarack :: Backarack (n.) See Bacharach.
Crane :: Crane (n.) A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc., -- generally used in pairs. See Crotch, 2..
Cracksmen :: Cracksmen (pl. ) of Cracksma.
Crack :: Crack (n.) Free conversation; friendly chat.
Crack :: Crack (n.) A brief time; an instant; as, to be with one in a crack..
Crack :: Crack (n.) A boy, generally a pert, lively boy..
Torture :: Torture (v. t.) To punish with torture; to put to the rack; as, to torture an accused person..
Crack :: Crack (a.) Of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of.
Greaves :: Greaves (n. pl.) The sediment of melted tallow. It is made into cakes for dogs' food. In Scotland it is called cracklings.
Chap :: Chap (n.) A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin..
Miserere :: Miserere (n.) A small projecting boss or bracket, on the under side of the hinged seat of a church stall (see Stall). It was intended, the seat being turned up, to give some support to a worshiper when standing. Called also misericordia..
Trestle :: Trestle (n.) A movable frame or support for anything, as scaffolding, consisting of three or four legs secured to a top piece, and forming a sort of stool or horse, used by carpenters, masons, and other workmen; also, a kind of framework of strong posts or piles, and crossbeams, for supporting a bridge, the track of a railway, or the like..
Rackwork :: Rackwork (n.) Any mechanism having a rack, as a rack and pinion..
Footmark :: Footmark (n.) A footprint; a track or vestige.
Zostera :: Zostera (n.) A genus of plants of the Naiadaceae, or Pondweed family. Zostera marina is commonly known as sea wrack, and eelgrass..
Crack :: Crack (v. t.) To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts..
Trace :: Trace (v. t.) To follow by some mark that has been left by a person or thing which has preceded; to follow by footsteps, tracks, or tokens..
Interstice :: Interstice (n.) That which intervenes between one thing and another; especially, a space between things closely set, or between the parts which compose a body; a narrow chink; a crack; a crevice; a hole; an interval; as, the interstices of a wall..
Lacrosse :: Lacrosse (n.) A game of ball, originating among the North American Indians, now the popular field sport of Canada, and played also in England and the United States. Each player carries a long-handled racket, called a crosse. The ball is not handled but caught with the crosse and carried on it, or tossed from it, the object being to carry it or throw it through one of the goals placed at opposite ends of the field..
Racket :: Racket (n.) A carouse; any reckless dissipation.
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