Definition of rack

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Rack (v. t.) To extend by the application of force; to stretch or strain; specifically, to stretch on the rack or wheel; to torture by an engine which strains the limbs and pulls the joints..

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Piste :: Piste (n.) The track or tread a horseman makes upon the ground he goes over.
Rime :: Rime (n.) A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack.
Fiddle :: Fiddle (n.) A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad weather..
Rack :: Rack (a.) An instrument or frame used for stretching, extending, retaining, or displaying, something..
Cracker :: Cracker (n.) A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc.
Rack :: Rack (a.) An instrument for bending a bow.
Check :: Check (v. t.) To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the sun checks timber..
Modillion :: Modillion (n.) The enriched block or horizontal bracket generally found under the cornice of the Corinthian and Composite entablature, and sometimes, less ornamented, in the Ionic and other orders; -- so called because of its arrangement at regulated distances..
Rackety :: Rackety (a.) Making a tumultuous noise.
Chip :: Chip (v. t.) To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery..
Jimcrack :: Jimcrack (n.) See Gimcrack.
Wrackful :: Wrackful (a.) Ruinous; destructive.
Grease :: Grease (n.) An inflammation of a horse's heels, suspending the ordinary greasy secretion of the part, and producing dryness and scurfiness, followed by cracks, ulceration, and fungous excrescences..
Racktail :: Racktail (n.) An arm attached to a swinging notched arc or rack, to let off the striking mechanism of a repeating clock..
Stave :: Stave (n.) One of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel; one of the bars or rounds of a rack, a ladder, etc..
Engine :: Engine (v. t.) (Pronounced, in this sense, /////.) To rack; to torture..
Helminthite :: Helminthite (n.) One of the sinuous tracks on the surfaces of many stones, and popularly considered as worm trails..
Gimmor :: Gimmor (n.) A piece of mechanism; mechanical device or contrivance; a gimcrack.
Becket :: Becket (n.) A small grommet, or a ring or loop of rope / metal for holding things in position, as spars, ropes, etc.; also a bracket, a pocket, or a handle made of rope..
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..
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