An instrument of torture; spec. the rack. Cf. engine, n. 4b. Obsolete.
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释义 | society > authority > punishment > torture > instrument or place of torture > [noun] > rack (8) ginc1225 An instrument of torture; spec. the rack. Cf. engine, n. 4b. Obsolete. enginea1450 An instrument of torture, esp. the rack. Also figurative. Obsolete. framec1480 A structure made of parts joined or fitted together. spec. (Scottish) = rack, n.3 2b. Obsolete. rack1481 An instrument of torture, usually consisting of a frame on which the victim was stretched by turning two rollers fastened at each end to the… brake1530 An instrument of torture; a rack. Obsolete exc. Historical. pine banka1535 The rack as an instrument of torture; = rack, n.3 2b. pine bauk1542 The rack as an instrument of torture; = pine bank, n. Also figurative. Duke of Exeter's daughter1618 the name of a rack used in the Tower of London as an instrument of torture; a similar rack used elsewhere. |
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