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单词 wit-rack
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wit-rack
wit-rack n. Obsolete a faculty of eliciting speech by wit (as a rack elicits a confession).Apparently an isolated use.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > [noun]
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1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. vi. 269 He had a pretty wit-rack in himself..to draw speech out of the most sullen and silent guest.
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