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• Rack — may refer to: People * Rack (Buffyverse) * Reinhard Rack, an Austrian politician Kinds of racks * Rack (torture device) * Rack (billiards) * 19 inch rack, a system for mounting electronic modules * Amp rack, short for amplifier rack, a piece of… …   Wikipedia

• Rack — Rack, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Racked} (r[a^]kt); 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Horse gait — This is an article on horse gaits; for other meanings, see: gait (disambiguation). Horse gaits are the different ways in which a horse can move, either naturally or as a result of specialized training by humans.Ensminger, M. E. Horses and… …   Wikipedia

• rack — rack1 noun 1》 a framework for holding or storing things.     ↘a vertically barred holder for animal fodder. 2》 a cogged or toothed bar or rail engaging with a wheel or pinion, or using pegs to adjust the position of something. 3》 (the rack)… …   English new terms dictionary

• rack — I. /ræk / (say rak) noun 1. a framework of bars, wires, or pegs on which articles are arranged or deposited (used especially in composition): a shoe rack; wine rack. 2. a spreading framework, fixed or movable, for carrying hay, straw, or the like …  

• horse — horseless, adj. horselike, adj. /hawrs/, n., pl. horses, (esp. collectively) horse, v., horsed, horsing, adj. n. 1. a large, solid hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties …   Universalium

• rack — {{11}}rack (n.1) frame with bars, c.1300, possibly from M.Du. rec framework, related to recken stretch out, cognate with O.E. reccan to stretch out, from P.Gmc. *rakjanan (Cf. O.N. rekja, O.Fris. reza, O.H.G. recchen, Ger. recken, Goth …   Etymology dictionary

• rack — I. noun Etymology: Middle English rak rain cloud, rapid movement Date: 14th century a wind driven mass of high often broken clouds II. intransitive verb Date: 1590 to fly or scud in high wind III. noun Etymology: Middle English, probably from… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• rack — rack1 rackingly, adv. /rak/, n. 1. a framework of bars, wires, or pegs on which articles are arranged or deposited: a clothes rack; a luggage rack. 2. a fixture containing several tiered shelves, often affixed to a wall: a book rack; a spice rack …   Universalium

• rack — I [[t]ræk[/t]] n. 1) a framework of bars, pegs, etc., on which articles are arranged or deposited: a clothes rack[/ex] 2) cvb a fixture containing tiered shelves, often affixed to a wall: a spice rack[/ex] 3) a framework set up on a vehicle to… …   From formal English to slang

• rack — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. strain, exert; torture, distress, torment, agonize. See thought, pain. n. single foot, pace; frame[work]; wheel, iron maiden; scud, broken clouds. See motion, cloudiness, support. II (Roget s IV) n …   English dictionary for students