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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Bogie :: Bogie (n.) A four-wheeled truck, having a certain amount of play around a vertical axis, used to support in part a locomotive on a railway track..
Rack :: Rack (a.) An engine of torture, consisting of a large frame, upon which the body was gradually stretched until, sometimes, the joints were dislocated; -- formerly used judicially for extorting confessions from criminals or suspected persons..
Nutbreaker :: Nutbreaker (n.) The nutcracker.
Split :: Split (n.) A crack, or longitudinal fissure..
Cracknel :: Cracknel (v. t.) A hard brittle cake or biscuit.
Decrepitation :: Decrepitation (n.) The act of decrepitating; a crackling noise, such as salt makes when roasting..
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..
Track :: Track (n.) A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc..
Console :: Console (n.) Any small bracket; also, a console table..
Cantalever :: Cantalever (n.) A bracket to support a balcony, a cornice, or the like..
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..
Half-cracked :: Half-cracked (a.) Half-demented; half-witted.
Trichinosis :: Trichinosis (n.) The disease produced by the presence of trichinae in the muscles and intestinal track. It is marked by fever, muscular pains, and symptoms resembling those of typhoid fever, and is frequently fatal..
Exorbitate :: Exorbitate (v. i.) To go out of the track; to deviate.
Sea :: Sea (n.) An inland body of water, esp. if large or if salt or brackish; as, the Caspian Sea; the Sea of Aral; sometimes, a small fresh-water lake; as, the Sea of Galilee..
Thrackscat :: Thrackscat (n.) Metal still in the mine.
Racket :: Racket (n.) A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to enable him to step on marshy or soft ground..
Gimcrack :: Gimcrack (n.) A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing.
Shaken :: Shaken (a.) Cracked or checked; split. See Shake, n., 2..
Cracker :: Cracker (n.) A thin, dry biscuit, often hard or crisp; as, a Boston cracker; a Graham cracker; a soda cracker; an oyster cracker..
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