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rack (n.)
Old form(s):
Racke
clouds, cloud formations
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rack (n.)
Old form(s):
racke, wracke
machine of torture which stretches the limbs
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rack (n.)
Old form(s):
racke
shred of cloud, fragment of mist
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rack (n.)
[of clouds] driven accumulation, billowing movement
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rack (v.)
Old form(s):
racke, rakt
torment, torture, scourge
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rack (v.)
Old form(s):
racke
drive, move with force
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rack (v.)
Old form(s):
rackt
exhaust by imposing excessive charges, reduce to poverty
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rack (v.)
Old form(s):
rack'd, racke , rackt
stretch on the rack
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rack (v.)
Old form(s):
racke
exaggerate, inflate, increase
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rack (v.)
Old form(s):
rackt
stretch, strain, extend
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racker (n.)
torturer, tormentor
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racking (adj.)
wind-driven, passing like smoke
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