"Rack" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH

An engine of tortnre anciently nsed in tbe inquisitorial method of examin-ing persons charged with crime, the office of whlch was to break the limbs or dislocate the joints

Same as Arrack.

A fast amble.

A wreck; destruction.

An instrument for bending a bow.

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.

To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn,
marline, etc.

To fly, as vapor or broken clouds.

A frame fitted to a wagon for carrying hay, straw, or grain
on the stalk, or other bulky loads.

To torment; to torture; to affect with extreme pain or
anguish.

A bar with teeth on its face, or edge, to work with those of
a wheel, pinion, or worm, which is to drive it or be driven by it.

A frame on which articles are deposited for keeping or
arranged for display; as, a clothes rack; a bottle rack, etc.

To draw off from the lees or sediment, as wine.

A distaff.

A frame or table on which ores are separated or washed.

A grate on which bacon is laid.

That which is extorted; exaction.

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.

A frame or device of various construction for holding, and
preventing the waste of, hay, grain, etc., supplied to beasts.

An instrument or frame used for stretching, extending,
retaining, or displaying, something.

To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the
body; to pace; -- said of a horse.

The neck and spine of a fore quarter of veal or mutton.

Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapor
in the sky.

To stretch or strain, in a figurative sense; hence, to
harass, or oppress by extortion.

To wash on a rack, as metals or ore.

A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through
which the running rigging passes; -- called also rack block. Also, a
frame to hold shot.