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  • rack and manger — 1. Wasteful abundance (esp in the phrase live at rack and manger) 2. Waste and destruction (perh from confusion with rack and ruin) • • • Main Entry: ↑rack …   Useful english dictionary

  • Rack and ruin — Rack Rack, n. [See {Wreck}.] A wreck; destruction. [Obs., except in a few phrases.] [1913 Webster] {Rack and ruin}, destruction; utter ruin. [Colloq.] {To go to rack}, to perish; to be destroyed. [Colloq.] All goes to rack. Pepys. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • rack and ruin — If something or someone goes to rack and ruin, they are utterly destroyed or wrecked …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • rack and ruin — A state of neglect and collapse • • • Main Entry: ↑rack …   Useful english dictionary

  • rack and pinion — rack′ and pin′ion n. aum mac See under rack I, 5), a) …   From formal English to slang

  • rack-and-pinion — [rak΄ən pin′yən] adj. designating or of an automotive steering system having a RACK1 (n. 5) and a pinion …   English World dictionary

  • rack-and-pinion — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ denoting a mechanism using a fixed cogged or toothed bar or rail engaging with a smaller cog …   English terms dictionary

  • Rack and pinion — A rack and pinion is a pair of gears which convert rotational motion into linear motion. The circular pinion engages teeth on a flat bar the rack . Rotational motion applied to the pinion will cause the rack to move to the side, up to the limit… …   Wikipedia

  • rack and pinion — Mach., Auto. See under rack1 (def. 5a). * * * Mechanical device consisting of a bar of rectangular cross section (the rack), having teeth on one side that mesh with teeth on a small gear (the pinion). If the pinion rotates about a fixed axis, the …   Universalium

  • rack-and-pinion — /rak euhn pin yeuhn/, adj. of or pertaining to a mechanism in which a rack engages a pinion: rack and pinion steering. See illus. under rack1. [1900 05] * * * ˌrack and ˈpinion 7 [rack and pinion] adjective only before noun using a piece of… …   Useful english dictionary

  • rack and pinion — noun a wheel gear (the pinion) meshes with a toothed rack; converts rotary to reciprocating motion (and vice versa) • Hypernyms: ↑gear, ↑gear wheel, ↑geared wheel, ↑cogwheel * * * Mach., Auto. See under rack1 ( …   Useful english dictionary

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