Look up: Rack

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   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.
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   rack
   A floor or counter display unit with shelves and hooks for merchandise.
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   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 a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately 6. [v] - work by a rack and pinion or worm so as to extend or contract 7. [v] - go at a rack, of horses 8. [v] - fly in high wind 9. [v] - draw off from the lees, as of wine 10. [v] - rack one`s brains 11. [v] - work on a rack, of materials such as leather 12. [v] - seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block 13. [v] - torture on the rack
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   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.
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   Rack
   Plastic, wooden or metal tray to place rows of poker chips.
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   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.
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   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 and crafts • gear with teeth spaced along a straight line,and suitable for straight-line m...
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   Rack
   Rack (răk) noun Same as Arrack .
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   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.
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    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.
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    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 in the upper region, which move the clouds above, which we call the rack , . . . pass without noise.» Bacon. « And the ...
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    Rack
    Rack intransitive verb To fly, as vapor or broken clouds.
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    Rack
    Rack intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Racked (răkt); present participle & verbal noun Racking .] [ See Rack that which stretches, or Rock , v. ] To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace; -- said of a horse. Fuller.
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    Rack
    Rack noun A fast amble.
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    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 ), whereby it will clarify much the sooner.» Bacon. Rack vintage , wine cleansed and drawn from the lees. Cowell.
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    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 spread out, Goth. refrakjan to stretch out; confer Latin porrigere , Greek 'ore`gein . √115. Confer Right , < ...
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    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 miserably tormented.» Foxe. 2. To torment; to torture; to affect with extreme pain or anguish. « Vaunting aloud but
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    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 from criminals or suspected persons. 'During the ...
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    rack
    single-foot noun a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
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    rack
    noun a support for displaying various articles; `the newspapers were arranged on a rack`
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    rack
    noun rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
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    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 suspected persons. • (n.) The neck and spine of a fo...
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    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...
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    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 ...
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    Rack
    A frame carrying film in a processing machine. Ofter used to refer to frame edit alignment in which the projected film remains properly framed on the screen (in rack). (Laboratory)
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