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Look up: Rack

  1. Rack
    To steal, usually paints or markers. In the past, most writers stole all materials used for painting. Due to paint lockups in California and other areas, this is no longer possible, so most paint is now bought.
    Found on http://www.graffiti.org/faq/graffiti.glo

  2. rack
    A floor or counter display unit with shelves and hooks for merchandise.
    Found on http://www.fmi.org/facts_figs/glossary_s

  3. rack
    [n] - rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton 2. [n] - an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims 3. [n] - framework for holding objects 4. [n] - a support for displaying various articles 5. [n] - a rapid gait of...
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Rack
    A cabinet of standard width (19') into which various components can be bolted. Racks are ideal for touring equipment, are neat, and they allow easy access to the rear and front panels.
    Found on http://www.testing1212.co.uk/a.htm

  5. Rack
    Plastic, wooden or metal tray to place rows of poker chips.
    Found on http://www.thegoodgamblingguide.co.uk/gl

  6. Rack
    The electrically conductive frame onto which the work is manually mounted, and which, in turn is attached to the transporter flight bar. It is sometimes called a jig.
    Found on http://www.envirowise.gov.uk/206433

  7. rack
    an arbitrary number of motions of the machine, used as a basis for the calculation of machine speed, productivity, and lace quality. Leavers rack,1920 motions; furnishing rack 720 full motions; bobbinet rack,240 holes (12 or 20 motions per hole); warp rack,480 motions Category: Various industries...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  8. Rack
    Rack (răk) noun Same as Arrack .
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/2

  9. Rack
    Rack noun [ Anglo-Saxon hracca neck, hinder part of the head; confer Anglo-Saxon hraca throat, German rachen throat, English retch .] The neck and spine of a fore quarter of veal or mutton.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/2

  10. Rack
    Rack noun [ See Wreck .] A wreck; destruction. [ Obsolete, except in a few phrases.] Rack and ruin , destruction; utter ruin. [ Colloq.] -- To go to rack , to perish; to be destroyed. [ Colloq.] 'All goes to rack .' Pepys.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/2

  11. Rack
    Rack noun [ Prob. from Icelandic rek drift, motion, and akin to reka to drive, and English wrack , wreck . √282.] Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapor in the sky. Shak. « The winds...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/2

  12. Rack
    Rack intransitive verb To fly, as vapor or broken clouds.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/2

  13. Rack
    Rack intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Racked (răkt); present participle & verbal noun Racking .] [ See Rack that which stretches, or Rock ,
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/2

  14. Rack
    Rack noun A fast amble.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/2

  15. Rack
    Rack transitive verb [ Confer Old French vin raqué wine squeezed from the dregs of the grapes.] To draw off from the lees or sediment, as wine. « It is in common practice to draw wine or beer from the lees (which we call racking ), wh...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/2

  16. Rack
    Rack noun [ Probably from Dutch rek , rek bank, a rack, rekken to stretch; akin to German reck , reck bank, a rack, recken to stretch, Danish række , Swedish räcka , Icelandic rekja to...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/2

  17. Rack
    Rack (răk) transitive verb 1. 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. « He was racked and ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/2

  18. rack
    1. An instrument or frame used for stretching, extending, retaining, or displaying, something. Specifically: 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...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  19. rack
    single-foot noun a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  20. rack
    noun a support for displaying various articles; `the newspapers were arranged on a rack`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  21. rack
    noun rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  22. Rack
    • (a.) A frame or table on which ores are separated or washed. • (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 suspect...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  23. rack
    (from the article `walk`) ...controlled by the rider`s handling of the reins. This gait also requires impulsion, produced by pressure of the rider`s legs on the horse`s sides. ... There are a number of disconnected and intermediate gaits, some done only by horses bred to perform them. One is the rack, a four-beat gait, with ... [2 re...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/r/2

  24. rack
    a bedlike open frame suspended above the ground that was used as a torture device. The victim`s ankles and wrists were secured by ropes that passed ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/r/2

  25. Rack
    Rack was formerly American slang (it's now conventional language) for a bed or bunk.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow



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