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1 Rack
v. trans.Rack one's brains: use ponder.——————subs.Ar. and P. τροχός, ὁ.Being stretched on the rack: P. κατατεινόμενος ὑπὸ τῆς βασάνου (Dem. 1172).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Rack
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2 rack
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3 rack
1) βασανιστήριο2) μέγγενη3) ράφι4) σχάρα -
4 rack one's brains
(to think desperately hard.) σπάζω το κεφάλι μου -
5 go to rack and ruin
(to get into a state of neglect and decay.) ερειπώνομαι -
6 Torture
v. trans.——————subs.Rack: Ar. and P. τροχός, ὁ.Ill-treatment: P. and V. αἰκία, ἡ, αἴκισμα, τό.Put to the torture, v.: P. ἀναβιβάζειν ἐπὶ τὸν τραχόν.Be put to the torture: P. ἐπὶ τὸν τροχὸν ἀναβαίνειν, Ar. and P. ἐπὶ τοῦ τροχοῦ στρεβλοῦσθαι.Demand for torture: P. ἐξαιτεῖν (acc.).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Torture
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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
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