any of a number of coarse brown seaweeds which grow on the shoreline, frequently each kind forming a distinct band in relation to high- and low-water marks. Many have air bladders for buoyancy

a wrecked ship; a shipwreck

cause extreme pain, anguish, or distress to

he was racked with guilt

place in or on a rack

the shoes were racked neatly beneath the dresses

move by a rack and pinion

raise (rent) above a fair or normal amount

a mass of high, thick, fast-moving clouds

there was a thin moon, a rack of cloud

(of a cloud) be driven before the wind

a thin shred of cloud racking across the moon

draw off (wine, beer, etc.) from the sediment in the barrel

the wine is racked off into large oak casks

(of a horse) move with a rack gait

go away

‘Rack off mate, or you're going to cop it,’ he bellowed