Talk:rack
missing sense edit
A sense is absent. I don't know which etymology to put it under, so I'll not add it. I have added a citation, though, to citations:rack, q.v.—msh210℠ 18:12, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
Kenya: a car? edit
I read somewhere that in Kenyan English, "rack" means car. Equinox ◑ 01:22, 2 August 2015 (UTC)
Missing maths sense edit
See Racks and quandles. Different (and rather interesting) etymology. Equinox ◑ 15:46, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
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English. If etymology 2 is correct, some definitions need to be brought over from etymology 1. I'm not sure if this belongs here or in the Etymology Scriptorium, but at any rate, I don't have time to fix the entry myself. Andrew Sheedy (talk) 21:05, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- One approach is to split the noun and verb senses now in Ety 1 leaving all or most noun senses in Ety 1 and putting all or most verb senses in Ety 2. Another is to combine Ety 1 and Ety 2 on the grounds that the stems of the etyma are the same. The MED asserts that Middle English rakken (verb) is deemed to derive from rak (noun). I have the feeling that the etymology is confused by the persistent trend to Dutch etymological imperialism that characterizes many of our etymologies. DCDuring TALK 22:48, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- So I moved the verb under Etymology 2. Seems to do the trick nicely GreyishWorm (talk) 01:24, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
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Rfv-sense: That which is extorted; exaction. MooreDoor (talk) 11:09, 6 November 2021 (UTC)
- All I can find is various works about rack rent or the verb rack being used to mean "exploit financially". None of which really supports this as a definition. Kiwima (talk) 00:12, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
rfv-failed Notusbutthem (talk) 22:55, 27 November 2021 (UTC)
- @Notusbutthem: Hold on, let this wait it's full month out before failing it! Kiwima (talk) 19:49, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
- rfv-failed again Notusbutthem (talk) 00:11, 7 December 2021 (UTC)