Noun | 1. | ![]() |
2. | rack - rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton | |
3. | rack - the destruction or collapse of something; "wrack and ruin" Synonyms: wrack | |
4. | rack - an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims Synonyms: wheel | |
5. | rack - a support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers were arranged on a rack" Synonyms: stand | |
6. | rack - a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately Synonyms: single-foot | |
Verb | 1. | rack - go at a rack; "the horses single-footed" Synonyms: single-foot |
2. | rack - stretch to the limits; "rack one's brains" | |
3. | rack - put on a rack and pinion; "rack a camera" | |
4. | rack - obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him" | |
5. | rack - run before a gale Synonyms: scud | |
6. | rack - fly in high wind | |
7. | rack - draw off from the lees; "rack wine" | |
8. | rack - torment emotionally or mentally | |
9. | rack - work on a rack; "rack leather" | |
10. | rack - seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block | |
11. | rack - torture on the rack |
RACK, punishments. An engine with which to torture a supposed criminal, in
order to extort a confession of his supposed crime, and the names of his
supposed accomplices. Unknown in the United States.
2. This instrument, known by the nickname of the Duke of Exeter's
daughter, was in use in England. Barr. on the Stat. 866 12 S. & R. 227.