racking

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.