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   rack railway
         n 1: railway for steep mountains; a cogwheel on the locomotive
               engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction [syn:
               {cog railway}, {rack railway}]

English Dictionary: rock harlequin by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rock harlequin
n
  1. glaucous herb of northeastern United States and Canada having loose racemes of yellow-tipped pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Fumaria
    Synonym(s): Roman wormwood, rock harlequin, Corydalis sempervirens, Fumaria sempervirens
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rock squirrel
n
  1. large grey ground squirrel of rocky areas of the southwestern United States
    Synonym(s): rock squirrel, Citellus variegatus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Roger Eliot Fry
n
  1. English painter and art critic (1866-1934) [syn: Fry, Roger Fry, Roger Eliot Fry]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Roger Williams
n
  1. English clergyman and colonist who was expelled from Massachusetts for criticizing Puritanism; he founded Providence in 1636 and obtained a royal charter for Rhode Island in 1663 (1603-1683)
    Synonym(s): Williams, Roger Williams
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rack \Rack\, n. [Probably fr. D. rek, rekbank, a rack, rekken to
      stretch; akin to G. reck, reckbank, a rack, recken to
      stretch, Dan. r[91]kke, Sw. r[84]cka, Icel. rekja to spread
      out, Goth. refrakjan to stretch out; cf. L. porrigere, Gr.
      [?]. [?] Cf. {Right}, a., {Ratch}.]
      1. An instrument or frame used for stretching, extending,
            retaining, or displaying, something. Specifically:
            (a) An engine of torture, consisting of a large frame,
                  upon which the body was gradually stretched until,
                  sometimes, the joints were dislocated; -- formerly
                  used judicially for extorting confessions from
                  criminals or suspected persons.
  
                           During the troubles of the fifteenth century, a
                           rack was introduced into the Tower, and was
                           occasionally used under the plea of political
                           necessity.                                    --Macaulay.
            (b) An instrument for bending a bow.
            (c) A grate on which bacon is laid.
            (d) A frame or device of various construction for holding,
                  and preventing the waste of, hay, grain, etc.,
                  supplied to beasts.
            (e) A frame on which articles are deposited for keeping or
                  arranged for display; as, a clothes rack; a bottle
                  rack, etc.
            (f) (Naut.) A piece or frame of wood, having several
                  sheaves, through which the running rigging passes; --
                  called also {rack block}. Also, a frame to hold shot.
            (g) (Mining) A frame or table on which ores are separated
                  or washed.
            (h) A frame fitted to a wagon for carrying hay, straw, or
                  grain on the stalk, or other bulky loads.
            (i) A distaff.
  
      2. (Mech.) A bar with teeth on its face, or edge, to work
            with those of a wheel, pinion, or worm, which is to drive
            it or be driven by it.
  
      3. That which is extorted; exaction. [Obs.] --Sir E. Sandys.
  
      {Mangle rack}. (Mach.) See under {Mangle}. n.
  
      {Rack block}. (Naut.) See def. 1
            (f), above.
  
      {Rack lashing}, a lashing or binding where the rope is
            tightened, and held tight by the use of a small stick of
            wood twisted around.
  
      {Rack rail} (Railroads), a toothed rack, laid as a rail, to
            afford a hold for teeth on the driving wheel of locomotive
            for climbing steep gradients, as in ascending a mountain.
           
  
      {Rack saw}, a saw having wide teeth.
  
      {Rack stick}, the stick used in a rack lashing.
  
      {To be on the rack}, to suffer torture, physical or mental.
           
  
      {To live at rack and manger}, to live on the best at
            another's expense. [Colloq.]
  
      {To put to the rack}, to subject to torture; to torment.
  
                     A fit of the stone puts a kingto the rack, and makes
                     him as miserable as it does the meanest subject.
                                                                              --Sir W.
                                                                              Temple.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {To} {raise, [or] lift}, {the horn} (Script.), to exalt one's
            self; to act arrogantly. [bd]'Gainst them that raised thee
            dost thou lift thy horn?[b8] --Milton.
  
      {To take a horn}, to take a drink of intoxicating liquor.
            [Low]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rasorial \Ra*so"ri*al\ (?; 277), a. (Zo[94]l.)
      Of or pertaining to the Rasores, or gallinaceous birds, as
      the peacock, domestic fowl, patridge, and the like.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Recureless \Re*cure"less\, a.
      Incapable of cure. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Risorial \Ri*so"ri*al\, a.[L. ridere, risum, to laugh.]
      Pertaining to, or producing, laughter; as, the risorial
      muscles.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rose-rial \Rose"-ri`al\, n. [See {Rose}, and {Royal}.]
      A name of several English gold coins struck in different
      reigns and having having different values; a rose noble.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rickreall, OR
      Zip code(s): 97371
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