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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...
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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
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 ...
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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...
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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 ,
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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 ), wh...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 suspect...
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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 rac...
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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
Rack was formerly American slang (it's now conventional language) for a bed or bunk.
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Rack
Rack was formerly American slang (it's now conventional language) for a bed or bunk.
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