See Also: Rack(casino)
rack(8)(dictionary)
rack(7)(dictionary)
rack(1)(dictionary)
rack(10)(dictionary)
rack(11)(dictionary)
rack(12)(dictionary)
rack(13)(dictionary)
rack(14)(dictionary)
rack(2)(dictionary)

Minton (iou) and rack(5) (iou)


Minton (iou)



Minton noun & adjective. M19.
[See below.]
(Designating) pottery made at Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, from 1793 onwards, by Thomas Minton (1766-1836) and his successors.

rack(5) (iou)



rack noun5. [rak] L16.
[Var. of WRACK noun1, WRECK noun1.]
Destruction. Chiefly in go to rack (and ruin), fall to rack (and ruin), run to rack (and ruin). Cf. WRACK noun1 2. L16.
L. MacNeice The Garden is going to rack, the gardener Only comes three days. R. Rendell A..house..going to rack and ruin for want of looking after.
Orig., a wrecked ship. Later, wreckage, flotsam. rare. M17.