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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rack \Rack\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Racked} (r[a^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Racking}.] [See {Rack} that which stretches, or {Rock}, v.] To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace; -- said of a horse. --Fuller.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Racking \Rack"ing\, noun (Naut.) Spun yarn used in racking ropes.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
racking
adjective: causing great physical or mental suffering; "a wrenching pain" [syn: {wrenching}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "racking": acute, afflictive, agonizing, atrocious, barbarous, biting, consuming, cramping, cruel, desolating, distressing, excruciating, ferocious, fierce, gnawing, grave, griping, hard, harrowing, harsh, heartbreaking, heartrending, heartsickening, heartwounding, hurtful, hurting, inhuman, painful, paroxysmal, piercing, poignant, pungent, rending, savage, severe, sharp, shooting, spasmatic, spasmic, spasmodic, stabbing, stinging, tearing, tormenting, torturing, torturous
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