Definition of rack

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Rack (v. t.) To stretch or strain, in a figurative sense; hence, to harass, or oppress by extortion..

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Racket :: Racket (n.) A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to enable him to step on marshy or soft ground..
Railway :: Railway (n.) The road, track, etc., with all the lands, buildings, rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and constituting one property; as, a certain railroad has been put into the hands of a receiver..
Pearlstone :: Pearlstone (n.) A glassy volcanic rock of a grayish color and pearly luster, often having a spherulitic concretionary structure due to the curved cracks produced by contraction in cooling. See Illust. under Perlitic..
Crevice :: Crevice (v. t.) To crack; to flaw.
Console :: Console (n.) A bracket whose projection is not more than half its height.
Cracknel :: Cracknel (v. t.) A hard brittle cake or biscuit.
Pace :: Pace (n.) Specifically, a kind of fast amble; a rack..
Cranny :: Cranny (v. i.) To crack into, or become full of, crannies..
Vermiculation :: Vermiculation (n.) The act of vermiculating, or forming or inlaying so as to resemble the motion, track, or work of a worm..
Carac :: Carac (n.) See Carack.
Boat-tail :: Boat-tail (n.) A large grackle or blackbird (Quiscalus major), found in the Southern United States..
Tract :: Tract (v. t.) To trace out; to track; also, to draw out; to protact..
Footstep :: Footstep (n.) The mark or impression of the foot; a track; hence, visible sign of a course pursued; token; mark; as, the footsteps of divine wisdom..
Rack :: Rack (a.) A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes; -- called also rack block. Also, a frame to hold shot..
Bracketed :: Bracketed (imp. & p. p.) of Bracke.
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..
Racket-tail :: Racket-tail (n.) Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Steganura, having two of the tail feathers very long and racket-shaped..
Cratch :: Cratch (n.) A manger or open frame for hay; a crib; a rack.
Lodge :: Lodge (n.) To drive to shelter; to track to covert.
Check :: Check (v. i.) To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc..
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