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  • 1 torqueō

        torqueō (old inf. torquērier, H., Pr.), torsī, tortus, ēre    [TARC-], to turn, turn about, turn away, twist, bend, wind: cervices oculosque: ab obscenis sermonibus aurem, H.: ad sonitum vocis vestigia, V.: ferro capillos, i. e. curl, O.: stamina pollice, spin, O.: tenui praegnatem pollice fusum, Iu.: taxos in arcūs, bend, V.: tegumen torquens inmane leonis, wrapping about him, V.: cum terra circum axem se torqueat.—Poet.: torquet medios nox umida cursūs, i. e. has half-finished, V. — To whirl around, whirl, wield, brandish, fling with force, hurl: hastas lacertis: lapidem, H.: amnis torquet sonantia saxa, V.: in hunc hastam, O.: telum aurata ad tempora, V.: sibila, i. e. hiss, Pr.— To twist awry, misplace, turn aside, distort: quae (festinationes) cum fiant... ora torquentur: ora Tristia temptantum sensu (sapor) torquebit amaro, V.— To wrench on the rack, put to the rack, rack, torture: eculeo torqueri.—Fig., to twist, wrest, distort, turn, bend, direct: suam naturam huc et illuc: oratio ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas: verbo ac litterā ius omne.— To rack, torment, torture: te libidines torquent: mitto aurum coronarium, quod te diutissime torsit: equidem dies noctīsque torqueor: Torqueor, infesto ne vir ab hoste cadat, O.: Aeacus torquet umbras, examines, Iu.— To ply, put to the test: (reges) dicuntur torquere mero, quem perspexisse laborant, H.—Of speech, to hurl, fling: curvum sermone rotato enthymema, Iu.
    * * *
    torquere, torsi, tortus V
    turn, twist; hurl; torture; torment; bend, distort; spin, whirl; wind (round)

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  • 2 torqueo

    torquĕo, torsi, tortum, 2 (archaic inf. torquerier, Hor. S. 2, 8, 67), v. a. [Gr. trepô, to turn; cf. atrekês; also Sanscr. tarkus; Gr. atraktos, a spindle; and strephô, to twist], to turn, turn about or away; to twist, bend, wind (class.; syn. converto).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    cervices oculosque,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 39:

    oculum,

    to roll, distort, id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

    ora,

    to twist awry, id. Off. 1, 36, 131:

    ab obscenis sermonibus aurem,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 127:

    oculos ad moenia,

    Verg. A. 4, 220:

    ad sonitum vocis vestigia,

    id. ib. 3, 669:

    serpens squamosos orbes Torquet,

    Ov. M. 3, 42; cf.

    anguis,

    Verg. G. 3, 38:

    capillos ferro,

    i. e. to curl, frizzle, Ov. A. A. 1, 505:

    stamina pollice,

    id. M. 12, 475:

    remis aquas,

    id. F. 5, 644:

    spumas,

    Verg. A. 3, 208:

    taxos in arcus,

    to bend, id. G. 2, 448:

    tegumen torquens immane leonis,

    winding about him, id. A. 7, 666:

    cum terra circum axem se convertat et torqueat,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

    torta circum bracchia vestis,

    Tac. H. 5, 22.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To whirl around, to whirl in the act of throwing, to wield, brandish, to fling with force, to hurl (mostly poet.):

    torquet nunc lapidem, nunc ingens machina tignum,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 73:

    amnis torquet sonantia saxa,

    Verg. A. 6, 551:

    stuppea torquentem Balearis verbera fundae,

    id. G. 1, 309:

    jaculum in hostem,

    id. A. 10, 585; Ov. M. 12, 323: hastam in hunc, id. ib 5, 137;

    for which: hastam alicui,

    Val. Fl. 3, 193:

    telum aurata ad tempora,

    Verg. A. 12, 536:

    tela manu,

    Ov. M. 12, 99:

    valido pila lacerto,

    id. F. 2, 11:

    glebas, ramos,

    id. M. 11, 30:

    cum fulmina torquet (Juppiter),

    Verg. A. 4, 208;

    and trop.: cum Juppiter horridus austris Torquet aquosam hiemem,

    id. ib. 9, 671; cf.:

    Eurus nubes in occiduum orbem,

    Luc. 4, 63.—In prose:

    torquere amentatas hastas lacertis,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 242.—
    2.
    To twist awry, misplace, turn aside, distort:

    negat sibi umquam, cum oculum torsisset, duas ex lucernā flammulas esse visas,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

    ora Tristia temptantum sensu (sapor) torquebit amaro,

    Verg. G. 2, 247.—
    3.
    To wrench the limbs upon the rack, to put to the rack or to the torture, to rack, torture (class.):

    ita te nervo torquebo, itidem uti catapultae solent,

    Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 12:

    eculeo torqueri,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 13, 42:

    aliquem servilem in modum,

    Suet. Aug. 27; cf.:

    ira torquentium,

    Tac. A. 15, 57:

    servum in caput domini,

    against his master, Dig. 48, 18, 1: vinctus tortusve, [p. 1880] Suet. Aug. 40 fin. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to twist, wrest, distort, turn, bend, direct (a favorite expression of Cicero):

    versare suam naturam et regere ad tempus atque huc et illuc torquere ac flectere,

    Cic. Cael. 6, 13:

    torquere et flectere imbecillitatem animorum,

    id. Leg. 1, 10, 29:

    oratio ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas,

    id. Or. 16, 52:

    omnia ad suae causae commodum,

    id. Inv. 2, 14, 46:

    verbo ac litterā jus omne torqueri,

    wrested, perverted, id. Caecin. 27, 77:

    sonum,

    to inflect, Auct. Her. 3, 14, 25:

    cuncta tuo qui bella, pater, sub numine torques,

    Verg. A. 12, 180:

    versare sententias, et huc atque illuc torquere,

    Tac. H. 1, 85.—
    B.
    In partic. (acc. to A. 2.), to rack, torment, torture (syn.:

    ango, crucio): tuae libidines te torquent,

    Cic. Par. 2, 18:

    mitto aurum coronarium, quod te diutissime torsit,

    id. Pis. 37, 90: acriter nos tuae supplicationes torserunt, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 1:

    equidem dies noctesque torqueor,

    Cic. Att. 7, 9, 4:

    verbi controversia jam diu torquet Graeculos homines,

    id. de Or. 1, 11, 47; 3, 9, 33:

    stulti malorum memoriā torquentur,

    id. Fin. 1, 17, 57:

    sollicitudine, poenitentia, etc., torquetur mens,

    Quint. 12, 1, 7:

    invidiā vel amore vigil torquebere,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 37; Ov. H. 20, 123:

    torqueor, infesto ne vir ab hoste cadat,

    id. ib. 9, 36; cf. Hor. S. 2, 8, 67:

    Aeacus torquet umbras,

    holds inquisition over, Juv. 1, 9.— Transf.: (reges) dicuntur torquere mero, quem perspexisse laborant, qs. to rack with wine, i. e. to try or test with wine, Hor. A. P. 435; so,

    vino tortus et irā,

    id. Ep. 1, 18, 38.—
    C.
    To hurl, fling (of language):

    curvum sermone rotato enthymema,

    Juv. 6, 449.—Hence, tortus, a, um, P. a., twisted, crooked, contorted, distorted.
    A.
    Lit.:

    via (labyrinthi),

    Prop. 4 (5), 4, 42:

    quercus,

    i. e. a twisted oakgarland, Verg. G. 1, 349.—Hence,
    2.
    Subst.: torta, ae, f., a twisted loaf, a twist, Vulg. 1 Par. 16, 3. —
    * B.
    Trop.:

    condiciones,

    confused, complicated, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 25. — Adv.: tortē, awry, crookedly:

    torte penitusque remota,

    Lucr. 4, 305 (329).

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  • 3 quaestiono

    quaestĭōno, āvi, 1, v. a. [id.], put to the question, i. e. put to the torture, put to the rack (eccl. Lat. and rare): omnes quaestionari, Fragm. Jur. Civ. Ante-Just. p. 109 Mai:

    tot confessores quaestionati et torti,

    Cypr. Ep. 69, n. 6.

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  • 4 cruciō

        cruciō āvī, ātus, āre    [crux], to put to the rack, torture, torment: fame cruciari: tribunos cruciando occidit, L.: cum cruciabere Sanguine serpentis, O.—Fig., to afflict, grieve, torment: graviter adulescentulum, T.: se: crucior miser, am on the rack, T.: crucior bolum mihi ereptum, T.
    * * *
    cruciare, cruciavi, cruciatus V
    torment, torture; cause grief/anguish; crucify; suffer torture/agony; grieve

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  • 5 crucio

    crŭcĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [crux].
    I.
    Orig., to put to death on the cross, to crucify (only in eccl. Lat.), Lact. Mort. Pers. 2, 1.—
    II.
    In gen., to put to the rack, to torture, torment (freq. and class., esp. in the signif. B.).
    A.
    Physically:

    cum vigiliis et fame cruciaretur,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 65:

    tribunos militum verberatos servilibusque omnibus suppliciis cruciatos trucidando occidit,

    Liv. 29, 18, 14 Drak. N. cr.:

    cum cruciabere dirae Sanguine serpentis,

    Ov. M. 2, 651:

    cruciataque diris Corpora tormentis,

    id. ib. 3, 694 al.:

    qui advehuntur quadrupedanti crucianti canterio,

    i. e. torturing the rider by its uneasy motion, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 34.—
    2.
    Transf. of inanimate things:

    terra ferro, ligno, igni, lapide, fruge omnibus cruciatur horis,

    Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 157; so,

    aes cruciatur in primis accensumque restinguitur sale,

    id. 33, 3, 20, § 65.—
    B.
    Mentally.
    (α).
    Act.:

    graviter adulescentulum,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 1; id. Eun. 2, 3, 93; Hor. S. 1, 10, 78 al.:

    officii me deliberatio cruciat cruciavitque adhuc,

    Cic. Att. 8, 15, 2:

    ut ipsus sese cruciat aegritudine!

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 89:

    ne crucia te, obsecro, anime mi,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 15; cf. Hor. S. 1, 2, 22:

    quos major sollicitudo cruciat,

    Just. 6, 3, 9:

    illud me cruciat, quod, etc.,

    Mart. 11, 94, 5. —So pass.:

    tanto dolore cruciatus est,

    Just. 12, 13, 9.—
    (β).
    Medial (only in Plaut. and Ter.), to afflict one's self, to grieve, be afflicted:

    ut miserae matres cruciantur!

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 2; cf.:

    crucior miser,

    Ter. And. 5, 2, 10; with acc. and inf.:

    crucior me lapidem non habere, ut, etc.,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 68; Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 6; and with acc. of neutr. pron.:

    istuc crucior, a viro me tali abalienarier,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 11; id. Trin. 5, 2, 46.

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  • 6 quaero

    quaero (old orthogr. QVAIRO, Epitaphs of the Scipios, 6; for the original form and etym. quaeso, ĕre, v. quaeso), sīvi or sĭi, sītum, 3, v. a., to seek.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.: aliquem, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 43 Vahl.); Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 3:

    te ipsum quaerebam,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 3:

    escam in sterquilinio,

    Phaedr. 3, 12 init. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To seek to get or procure, to seek or search for a thing, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 38:

    rem mercaturis faciendis,

    Cic. Par. 6, 2, 46.— Absol.:

    contrivi in quaerendo vitam atque aetatem meam,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 15; 5, 3, 27; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 57; id. A. P. 170.—
    b.
    Transf., to get, procure, obtain, acquire a thing:

    uxores liberorum quaerendorum causā ducere,

    Suet. Caes. 52:

    liberorum quaerundorum causā ei uxor data est,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 109; cf.:

    quaerunt litterae hae sibi liberos,

    id. Ps. 1, 1, 21.—
    2.
    To seek for something missing, to miss:

    Siciliam in uberrimā Siciliae parte,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47:

    optatos Tyndaridas,

    Prop. 1, 17, 18:

    Phoebi comam,

    Tib. 2, 3, 20:

    amnes,

    Stat. Th. 4, 703.—
    3.
    To ask, desire, with ut and subj.:

    quaeris ut suscipiam cogitationem quidnam istis agendum putem,

    Cic. Att. 14, 20, 4.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to seek, i. e. to think over, meditate, aim at, plan a thing:

    dum id quaero, tibi qui filium restituerem,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 83:

    quonam modo maxime ulti sanguinem nostrum pereamus,

    Sall. C. 33,5:

    fugam,

    Cic. Att. 7, 17, 1; id. Mur. 37, 80:

    sibi remedium ad rem aliquam,

    id. Clu. 9, 27:

    de gratiā quid significares, mecum ipse quaerebam,

    id. Att. 9, 11, A, 1.—With inf.:

    tristitiae causam si quis cognoscere quaerit,

    seeks, strives, endeavors, Ov. Tr. 5, 4, 7; id. Am. 1, 8, 51; Hor. C. 3, 4, 39; id. Ep. 1, 1, 2 al.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To look for, seek to gain any thing; to get, acquire, obtain, procure:

    laudem sibi,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 74:

    salutem alicui malo,

    id. Ad. 3, 2, 2:

    negabant ullā aliā in re nisi in naturā quaerendum esse illud summum bonum,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 5, 19:

    pudentem exitum suae impudentiae,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 2:

    invidiam in aliquem,

    id. Rab. Post. 17, 46. —
    2.
    Of inanim. and abstr. subjects, to demand, need, require, = requirere:

    quod cujusquam oratoris eloquentiam quaereret,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 29:

    lites ex limitibus judicem quaerant,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 15, 1:

    bellum dictatoriam majestatem quaesivisset,

    Liv. 8, 30:

    quaerit Boeotia Dircen,

    Ov. M. 2, 239. —
    3.
    To seek to learn from any one; to ask, inquire, interrogate (cf.: interrogo, percontor).
    (α).
    With ab:

    cum ab iis saepius quaereret,

    made inquiries, Caes. B. G. 1, 32:

    quaero abs te nunc, Hortensi, cum, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 83, § 191:

    quaesivit a medicis, quemadmodum se haberet,

    Nep. Dion, 2, 4:

    a quo cum quaesisset, quo se deduci vellet,

    id. Epam. 4, 5; cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 22, 60. —
    (β).
    With de:

    quaerebat paulo ante de me, quid, etc.,

    Cic. Pis. 9, 18:

    de te ipso quaero, Vatini, utrum, etc.,

    id. Vatin. 4, 10:

    quaero de te, arbitrerisne, etc.,

    Liv. 4, 40:

    cura tibi de quo quaerere nulla fuit,

    Ov. P. 4, 3, 18.—
    (γ).
    With ex:

    quaesivi ex Phaniā, quam in partem provinciae putaret, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 1:

    quaerit ex solo ea, quae, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 18.—
    (δ).
    With a rel.-clause:

    ille baro te putabat quaesiturum, unum caelum esset an innumerabilia,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 3:

    natura fieret laudabile carmen, an arte, Quaesitum est,

    Hor. A. P. 409:

    quaeritur inter medicos, cujus generis aquae sint utilissimae,

    Plin. 31, 3, 21, § 31.—
    4. a.
    With inf. (post-Aug.):

    e monte aliquo in alium transilire quaerens,

    Plin. 8, 53, 79, § 214:

    qui mutare sedes quaerebant,

    Tac. G. 2.—
    b.
    Transf., of animals, plants, etc., to desire, prefer, seek:

    salictum et harundinetum... umidum locum quaerunt,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 5:

    glires aridum locum quaerunt,

    id. ib. 3, 15, 2; Col. 1, praef. §

    26: lupinum quaerit maxime sabulosa,

    Plin. 18, 14, 36, § 134;

    so of the soil: ager aquosus plus stercoris quaerit,

    demands, Pall. 1, 6, 15.—
    5.
    To examine or inquire into judicially, to investigate, institute an investigation; with [p. 1502] acc. (rare):

    hunc abduce, vinci, rem quaere,

    Ter. Ad. 3 (4), 36:

    non dubitabat Minucius, quin iste (Verres) illo die rem illam quaesiturus non esset,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 72. —With de and abl. (class.; cf.

    Krebs, Autibarb. p. 962 sq.): de pecuniis repetundis,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 27:

    de morte alicujus,

    id. Rosc. Am. 41, 119:

    de servo in dominum,

    to question by torture, put to the rack, id. Mil. 22, 59:

    aliquid per tormenta,

    Suet. Tib. 58:

    legibus,

    to investigate according to the laws, impartially, Plin. Ep. 5, 21, 3. —
    b.
    Transf.: si quaeris, si quaerimus (prop., if we, or you, look well into the matter; if we, or you, would know the truth), to say the truth, in fact, to speak honestly:

    omnino, si quaeris, ludi apparatissimi,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2:

    at sunt morosi, et anxii, et difficiles senes: si quaerimus, etiam avari,

    id. Sen. 18, 65:

    si quaeritis,

    id. de Or. 2, 62, 254; so,

    too, si verum quaeris,

    id. Fam. 12, 8, 1:

    si verum quaeritis,

    id. de Or. 2, 34, 146:

    si verum quaerimus,

    id. Tusc. 2, 23, 55: noli quaerere or quid quaeris? in short, in one word:

    noli quaerere: ita mihi pulcher hic dies visus est,

    id. Fam. 4, 4, 3:

    quid quaeris? biduo factus est mihi familiaris,

    id. ib. 3, 1, 2.— Hence, quaesītus, a, um, P. a., sought out.
    A.
    In a good sense, select, special, extraordinary (mostly post-Aug.): epulae quaesitissumae, Sall. ap. Macr. S. 2, 9, 9 (Sall. H. 2, 23, 4 Dietsch); comp.:

    leges quaesitiores (opp. simplices),

    Tac. A. 3, 26:

    quaesitior adulatio,

    id. ib. 3, 57.— Sup.:

    quaesitissimi honores,

    Tac. A. 2, 53.—
    B.
    In a bad sense (opp. to what is natural), far-fetched, studied, affected, assumed (class.):

    vitabit etiam quaesita nec ex tempore ficta, sed domo allata, quae plerumque sunt frigida,

    Cic. Or. 26, 89:

    ut numerus non quaesitus, sed ipse secutus esse videatur,

    id. ib. 65, 219:

    comitas,

    Tac. A. 6, 50:

    asperitas,

    id. ib. 5, 3.—
    C.
    Subst.: quaesītum, i, n.
    1.
    A question ( poet.):

    accipe quaesiti causam,

    Ov. M. 4, 793; id. F. 1, 278; Hor. S. 2, 6, 82.—
    2.
    A question as a rhetorical figure, = pusma, Mart. Cap. 5, § 524.

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  • 7 cōniciō or cōiciō

        cōniciō or cōiciō (coniiciō), iēcī, iectus, ere    [com-+iacio].    I. To throw together, unite, collect: sarcinas in medium, L. — Fig., to draw a conclusion, conclude, infer, conjecture, guess: sexaginta ut conicio, T.: eum regnum ei commississe, N.—In augury, to prophesy, foretell, divine, interpret: de matre saviandā ex oraculo: male coniecta: quae tempestas impendeat.—    II. To throw, cast, urge, drive, hurl, thrust, put, place: tela, Cs.: thyrsos, O.: pila in hostes, Cs.: alqm in carcerem: reliquos in fugam, Cs.: serpentīs in vasa, N.: cultros in guttura, O.: se in signa manipulosque, Cs.: se in fugam: se in pedes, to take to one's heels, T.: se intro, T.: spolia igni, V.: facem iuveni, V.: (iaculum) inter ilia coniectum, O. — Fig., to bring, direct, turn, throw, urge, drive, force: me in laetitiam, T.: (Catilinam) ex insidiis in latrocinium: se in noctem, to commit: naves in noctem coniectae, delayed, Cs.: se mente in versum, to apply: orationem in clarissimos viros: pecuniam in propylaea, squander: culpam in unum vigilem, L.: maledicta in eius vitam: crimen in qua tempora, L.: omen in illam provinciam: haec in eculeum coiciuntur, i. e. can endure the rack: querelas absenti, Tb.: petitiones ita coniectae, aimed: id sub legis vincula, L.—To throw, place, put, include: verba in interdictum: plura in eandem epistulam.

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  • Rack — Rack, n. [Probably fr. D. rek, rekbank, a rack, rekken to stretch; akin to G. reck, reckbank, a rack, recken to stretch, Dan. r[ae]kke, Sw. r[ a]cka, Icel. rekja to spread out, Goth. refrakjan to stretch out; cf. L. porrigere, Gr. ore gein.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Rack block — Rack Rack, n. [Probably fr. D. rek, rekbank, a rack, rekken to stretch; akin to G. reck, reckbank, a rack, recken to stretch, Dan. r[ae]kke, Sw. r[ a]cka, Icel. rekja to spread out, Goth. refrakjan to stretch out; cf. L. porrigere, Gr. ore gein.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • rack block — Rack Rack, n. [Probably fr. D. rek, rekbank, a rack, rekken to stretch; akin to G. reck, reckbank, a rack, recken to stretch, Dan. r[ae]kke, Sw. r[ a]cka, Icel. rekja to spread out, Goth. refrakjan to stretch out; cf. L. porrigere, Gr. ore gein.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Rack lashing — Rack Rack, n. [Probably fr. D. rek, rekbank, a rack, rekken to stretch; akin to G. reck, reckbank, a rack, recken to stretch, Dan. r[ae]kke, Sw. r[ a]cka, Icel. rekja to spread out, Goth. refrakjan to stretch out; cf. L. porrigere, Gr. ore gein.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Rack rail — Rack Rack, n. [Probably fr. D. rek, rekbank, a rack, rekken to stretch; akin to G. reck, reckbank, a rack, recken to stretch, Dan. r[ae]kke, Sw. r[ a]cka, Icel. rekja to spread out, Goth. refrakjan to stretch out; cf. L. porrigere, Gr. ore gein.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Rack saw — Rack Rack, n. [Probably fr. D. rek, rekbank, a rack, rekken to stretch; akin to G. reck, reckbank, a rack, recken to stretch, Dan. r[ae]kke, Sw. r[ a]cka, Icel. rekja to spread out, Goth. refrakjan to stretch out; cf. L. porrigere, Gr. ore gein.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Rack stick — Rack Rack, n. [Probably fr. D. rek, rekbank, a rack, rekken to stretch; akin to G. reck, reckbank, a rack, recken to stretch, Dan. r[ae]kke, Sw. r[ a]cka, Icel. rekja to spread out, Goth. refrakjan to stretch out; cf. L. porrigere, Gr. ore gein.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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