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Noun
- a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
- a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body
- a support for displaying various articles
- the newspapers were arranged on a rack
- an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
- the destruction or collapse of something
- rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
- framework for holding objects
Verb
- seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
- torment emotionally or mentally
- obtain by coercion or intimidation
- They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss
- They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him