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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Hornwrack :: Hornwrack (n.) A bryozoan of the genus Flustra.
Bracket :: Bracket (n.) One of two characters [], used to inclose a reference, explanation, or note, or a part to be excluded from a sentence, to indicate an interpolation, to rectify a mistake, or to supply an omission, and for certain other purposes; -- called also crotchet..
Exorbitant :: Exorbitant (a.) Departing from an orbit or usual track; hence, deviating from the usual or due course; going beyond the appointed rules or established limits of right or propriety; excessive; extravagant; enormous; inordinate; as, exorbitant appetites and passions; exorbitant charges, demands, or claims..
Tract :: Tract (v.) Track; trace.
Jimcrack :: Jimcrack (n.) See Gimcrack.
Salsuginous :: salsuginous (a.) Growing in brackish places or in salt marshes.
Monarcho :: Monarcho (n.) The nickname of a crackbrained Italian who fancied himself an emperor.
Trackage :: Trackage (n.) The act of tracking, or towing, as a boat; towage..
Decrepitate :: Decrepitate (v. i.) To crackle, as salt in roasting..
Cracking :: Cracking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crac.
Tracker :: Tracker (n.) One who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog that follows game..
Motmot :: Motmot (n.) Any one of several species of long-tailed, passerine birds of the genus Momotus, having a strong serrated beak. In most of the species the two long middle tail feathers are racket-shaped at the tip, when mature. The bird itself is said by some writers to trim them into this shape. They feed on insects, reptiles, and fruit, and are found from Mexico to Brazil. The name is derived from its note..
Rack :: Rack (v. i.) To fly, as vapor or broken clouds..
Check :: Check (v. t.) To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the sun checks timber..
Neritina :: Neritina (n.) A genus including numerous species of shells resembling Nerita in form. They mostly inhabit brackish water, and are often delicately tinted..
Ticktack :: Ticktack (n.) A kind of backgammon played both with men and pegs; tricktrack.
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..
Vermicular :: Vermicular (a.) Of or pertaining to a worm or worms; resembling a worm; shaped like a worm; especially, resembling the motion or track of a worm; as, the vermicular, or peristaltic, motion of the intestines. See Peristaltic..
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A portable machine variously constructed, for exerting great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body through a small distance. It consists of a lever, screw, rack and pinion, hydraulic press, or any simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever, crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a jackscrew, which is a kind of jack..
Stave :: Stave (n.) One of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel; one of the bars or rounds of a rack, a ladder, etc..
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