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for Racking
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Racking \Rack"ing\, n. (Naut.)
Spun yarn used in racking ropes.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
racking
adj 1: causing great physical or mental suffering; "a wrenching
pain" [syn: racking, wrenching]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "racking":
acute, afflictive, agonizing, atrocious, barbarous, biting,
consuming, cramping, cruel, desolating, distressing, excruciating,
ferocious, fierce, gnawing, grave, griping, hard, harrowing, harsh,
heartbreaking, heartrending, heartsickening, heartwounding,
hurtful, hurting, inhuman, painful, paroxysmal, piercing, poignant,
pungent, rending, savage, severe, sharp, shooting, spasmatic,
spasmic, spasmodic, stabbing, stinging, tearing, tormenting,
torturing, torturous
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