Pinion (n.) A moth of the genus Lithophane, as L. antennata, whose larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples. |
Pinion (n.) A feather |
Pinion (n.) A wing, literal or figurative. |
Pinion (n.) The joint of bird's wing most remote from the body. |
Pinion (n.) A fetter for the arm. |
Pinion (n.) A cogwheel with a small number of teeth, or leaves, adapted to engage with a larger wheel, or rack (see Rack) |
Pinion (v. t.) To bind or confine the wings of |
Pinion (v. t.) To disable by cutting off the pinion joint. |
Pinion (v. t.) To disable or restrain, as a person, by binding the arms, esp. by binding the arms to the body. |
Pinion (v. t.) Hence, generally, to confine |
Rack (n.) Same as Arrack. |
Rack (n.) The neck and spine of a fore quarter of veal or mutton. |
Rack (n.) A wreck |
Rack (n.) Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapor in the sky. |
Rack (v. i.) To fly, as vapor or broken clouds. |
Rack (v.) To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body |
Rack (n.) A fast amble. |
Rack (v. t.) To draw off from the lees or sediment, as wine. |
Rack (a.) An instrument or frame used for stretching, extending, retaining, or displaying, something. |
Rack (a.) An engine of torture, consisting of a large frame, upon which the body was gradually stretched until, sometimes, the joints were dislocated |
Rack (a.) An instrument for bending a bow. |
Rack (a.) A grate on which bacon is laid. |
Rack (a.) A frame or device of various construction for holding, and preventing the waste of, hay, grain, etc., supplied to beasts. |
Rack (a.) A frame on which articles are deposited for keeping or arranged for display |
Rack (a.) A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes |
Rack (a.) A frame or table on which ores are separated or washed. |
Rack (a.) A frame fitted to a wagon for carrying hay, straw, or grain on the stalk, or other bulky loads. |
Rack (a.) A distaff. |
Rack (a.) 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. |
Rack (a.) That which is extorted |
Rack (v. t.) To extend by the application of force |
Rack (v. t.) To torment |
Rack (v. t.) To stretch or strain, in a figurative sense |
Rack (v. t.) To wash on a rack, as metals or ore. |
Rack (v. t.) To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc. |
Rack-rent (n.) A rent of the full annual value of the tenement, or near it |
Rack-rent (v. t.) To subject to rack-rent, as a farm or tenant. |
Rack-renter (n.) One who is subjected to paying rack-rent. |
Rack-renter (n.) One who exacts rack-rent. |
rack single-foot | a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately |
rack | a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body |
pennon pinion | wing of a bird |
flight feather pinion quill quill feather | any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird |
bevel gear pinion and crown wheel pinion and ring gear | gears that mesh at an angle |
bicycle rack | a rack for parking bicycles |
bomb rack | a device on an aircraft for carrying bombs |
coatrack coat rack hatrack | a rack with hooks for temporarily holding coats and hats |
cog railway rack railway | railway for steep mountains, a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction |
dish rack | a rack for holding dishes as dishwater drains off of them |
dress rack | a rack used primarily to display dresses for sale in a store |
lantern pinion lantern wheel | a small pinion having cylindrical bars instead of teeth, used chiefly in inexpensive clocks |
luggage rack roof rack | carrier for holding luggage above the seats of a train or on top of a car |
magazine rack | a rack for displaying magazines |
music stand music rack | a light stand for holding sheets of printed music |
pinion | a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack |
pipe rack | a rack for holding a smoker's pipes |
plate rack | a rack for holding plates to dry after they have been washed |
rack stand | a support for displaying various articles, the newspapers were arranged on a rack |
rack | framework for holding objects |
rack wheel | an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims |
rack and pinion | a wheel gear (the pinion) meshes with a toothed rack, converts rotary to reciprocating motion (and vice versa) |
ski rack | a carrier for holding skis on top of a vehicle |
spice rack | a rack for displaying containers filled with spices |
tie rack | a rack for storing ties |
towel rack towel horse | a rack consisting of one or more bars on which towels can be hung |
wrack rack | the destruction or collapse of something, wrack and ruin |
rack | rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton |
rack of lamb crown roast | a roast of the rib section of lamb |
rack rent | an extortionate rent |
rack | torture on the rack |
rack up | supply a rack with feed for (horses or other animals) |
pinion | cut the wings off (of birds) |
worst pip mop up whip rack up | defeat thoroughly, He mopped up the floor with his opponents |
score hit tally rack up | gain points in a game, The home team scored many times, He hit a home run, He hit .in the past season |
rack | seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block |
pinion shackle | bind the arms of |
rack up | place in a rack, rack pool balls |
rack | work on a rack, rack leather |
rack | stretch to the limits, rack one's brains |
torment torture excruciate rack | torment emotionally or mentally |
rack | draw off from the lees, rack wine |
rack | fly in high wind |
scud rack | run before a gale |
single-foot rack | go at a rack, the horses single-footed |
extort squeeze rack gouge wring | 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 |
rack | put on a rack and pinion, rack a camera |
off-the-rack off-the-shelf off-the-peg ready-to-wear | (especially of clothing) made in standard sizes and available from merchandise in stock, a ready-made jacket, ready-to-wear clothes |