Definition for RACK'ING

RACK'ING, n.

  1. Torture; a stretching on the rack.
  2. Torment of the mind; anguish; as, the rackings of conscience.
  3. The act of stretching cloth on a frame for drying.
  4. The act of drawing from the sediment, as liquors.

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