Definition of Rack. Meaning of Rack. Synonyms of Rack

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Definition of Rack

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Rack Rack, v. i. To fly, as vapor or broken clouds.
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Rack Rack, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Racked; p. pr. & vb. n. 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, n. A fast amble.
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Rack Rack, n. Same as Arrack.
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Rack Rack, n. [AS. hracca neck, hinder part of the head; cf. AS. hraca throat, G. rachen throat, E. retch.] The neck and spine of a fore quarter of veal or mutton.
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Rack Rack, n. [See Wreck.] A wreck; destruction. [Obs., 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, n. [Prob. fr. Icel. rek drift, motion, and akin to reka to drive, and E. wrack, wreck. ?.] 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 night rack came rolling up. --C. Kingsley.

Meaning of Rack from wikipedia

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