5. (Naut.) To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn,
marline, etc.
To rack one's brains or wits, to exert them to the utmost for the
purpose of accomplishing something.
Syn. -- To torture; torment; rend; tear.
Rack"a*bones` (rk"*bnz`), n. A very lean animal, esp. a horse. [Colloq.
U. S.]
Rack"er (rk"r), n. 1. One who racks.