RACK'ING, participle present tense 1. Torturing; tormenting; straining; drawing off. 2. adjective Tormenting; excruciating; as a racking pain. RACK'ING, noun 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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