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Noun Concept
Categories: Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Ancient instruments of torture, European instruments of torture, Modern instruments of torture, Medieval instruments of torture
EN
rack  wheel  caning rack  Intestinal crank  the rack
EN
An instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims WordNet 3.0
English:
torture
torture device
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An instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The rack is a torture device consisting of a rectangular, usually wooden frame, slightly raised from the ground, with a roller at one or both ends. Wikipedia
The breaking wheel, an old instrument of torture. Wiktionary
IS A
instrument of torture
list of methods of torture
appliance
HAS KIND
Duke of Exeter's daughter
DERIVATION
torment
rack
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
USE
torture
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
rack, wheel
Wikipedia
EN
rack (torture)
Wikidata
EN
rack
Wiktionary
EN
wheel
Wikipedia Redirections
EN
caning rack, Intestinal crank, Rack (torture device), the rack, Torture of the Rack, torture rack

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