RACKING
ppr. 1. Torturing; tormenting; straining; drawing off. 2. a. Tormenting; excruciating; as a racking pain.
n. 1. Torture; a stretching on the rack. 2. Torment of the mind; anguish; as the rackings of conscience. 3. The act of stretching cloth on a frame for drying. 4. The act of drawing from the sediment, as liquors.
RACKING-PACE
n.The racking-pace of a horse is an amble, but with a quicker and shorter tread.
RACKING Rack "ing, n. (Naut. )