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383 words match “RACK”

CRACKLING n. 3 definitions
The making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated. As the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. Eccl. vii. 6.
CRACKNEL n.
A hard brittle cake or biscuit. Spenser.
CRACKSMAN n.
A burglar. [Slang]
FIRECRACKER n.
See Cracker., n., 3.
GIMCRACK n.
A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing. Arbuthnot.
GRACKLE n. 2 definitions
One of several American blackbirds, of the family Icteridæ; as, the rusty grackle (Scolecophagus Carolinus); the boat-tailed grackle (see Boat-tail); the purple grackle (Quiscalus quiscula, or Q. versicolor). See Crow blackbird, under Crow.
HALF-CRACKED a.
Half-demented; half-witted. [Colloq.]
HATRACK n.
A hatstand; hattree.
HAYRACK n.
A frame mounted on the running gear of a wagon, and used in hauling hay, straw, sheaves, etc.; -- called also hay rigging.
HORNWRACK n.
A bryozoan of the genus Flustra.
JIMCRACK n.
See Gimcrack.
NUTCRACKER n. 3 definitions
An instrument for cracking nuts.
PENRACK n.
A rack for pens not in use.
RICKRACK n.
A kind of openwork edging made of serpentine braid.
SEA WRACK n.
See Wrack.
SHABRACK n.
The saddlecloth or housing of a cavalry horse.
SHEEPRACK n.
The starling.
SIDETRACK v.
Hence, fig., to divert or reduce to a position or condition that is relatively secondary or subordinate in activity, importance, effectiveness, or the like; to switch off; to turn aside, as from a purpose. [Colloq.]
SPRACK a.
Quick; lively' alert. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
TAMARACK n. 2 definitions
The American larch; also, the larch of Oregon and British Columbia (Larix occidentalis). See Hackmatack, and Larch.
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