Definition of rack

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Rack (a.) That which is extorted; exaction.

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Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) To turn off to one side; especially, to turn off, as a grain or a car upon a side track; to switch off; to shift..
Racquet :: Racquet (n.) See Racket.
Whimwham :: Whimwham (n.) A whimsical thing; an odd device; a trifle; a trinket; a gimcrack.
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..
Pinion :: Pinion (n.) A cogwheel with a small number of teeth, or leaves, adapted to engage with a larger wheel, or rack (see Rack); esp., such a wheel having its leaves formed of the substance of the arbor or spindle which is its axis..
Armrack :: Armrack (n.) A frame, generally vertical, for holding small arms..
Slat :: Slat (v. t.) To split; to crack.
Pace :: Pace (v. i.) To move quickly by lifting the legs on the same side together, as a horse; to amble with rapidity; to rack..
Rack :: Rack (v. t.) To torment; to torture; to affect with extreme pain or anguish.
Crack :: Crack (n.) Breach of chastity.
Rack-rent :: Rack-rent (n.) A rent of the full annual value of the tenement, or near it; an excessive or unreasonably high rent..
Shabrack :: Shabrack (n.) The saddlecloth or housing of a cavalry horse.
Flawy :: Flawy (a.) Full of flaws or cracks; broken; defective; faulty.
Mad-headed :: Mad-headed (a.) Wild; crack-brained.
Necked :: Necked (a.) Cracked; -- said of a treenail.
Headlight :: Headlight (n.) A light, with a powerful reflector, placed at the head of a locomotive, or in front of it, to throw light on the track at night, or in going through a dark tunnel..
Blackbird :: Blackbird (n.) In England, a species of thrush (Turdus merula), a singing bird with a fin note; the merle. In America the name is given to several birds, as the Quiscalus versicolor, or crow blackbird; the Agelaeus phoeniceus, or red-winged blackbird; the cowbird; the rusty grackle, etc. See Redwing..
Rack :: Rack (a.) A grate on which bacon is laid.
Crackling :: Crackling (n.) Food for dogs, made from the refuse of tallow melting..
Grackle :: Grackle (n.) One of several American blackbirds, of the family Icteridae; as, the rusty grackle (Scolecophagus Carolinus); the boat-tailed grackle (see Boat-tail); the purple grackle (Quiscalus quiscula, or Q. versicolor). See Crow blackbird, under Crow..
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