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.
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