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RACK'ING, ppr.
1. Torturing; tormenting; straining; drawing off.
2. a. Tormenting; excruciating; as a racking pain.
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.

racking appears in definitions for these words:
Racking Racking-pace Torture

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