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Rack"tail` (rk"tl`), n. (Horol.) An arm attached to a swinging notched
arc or rack, to let off the striking mechanism of a repeating clock.
Rack"work` (-wûrk`), n. Any mechanism having a rack, as a rack and
pinion.
Ra"cle (rä"k'l), a. See Rakel. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ra"cle*ness, n. See Rakelness. [Obs.] Chaucer.
||Ra`con`teur" (r`kôN`tr"), n. [F.] A relater; a storyteller.
||Ra*coon"da (r*kn"d), n. [From a native name.] (Zoöl.) The coypu.
Ra*co"vi*an (r*k"v*an), n. [From Racow.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of
Socinians or Unitarians in Poland.
Rac"quet (rk"kt), n. See Racket.
Ra"cy (r"s), a. [Compar. Racier (-s*r); superl. Raciest.] [From Race a
tribe, family.] 1. Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of
distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil; hence, fresh; rich.
The racy wine, Late from the mellowing cask restored to light.
Pope.
2. Hence: Exciting to the mental taste by a strong or distinctive
character of thought or language; peculiar and piquant; fresh and
lively.
Our raciest, most idiomatic popular words.