Solar Eclipse February 15 Partial eclipse of the sun. Visible in the southern portion of South America and Antarctica. Note: Normally the Full Moon in February is called Snow Moon by Native Americans of New England and the Great Lakes because this time of the year experiences heavy snowfalls. It's also called The Hunger Moon because of the meager hunting during this time of year too.....
rack rent noun [C]. âº a ârent that is âagreed between the âowner of a âproperty and the âperson ârenting it, rather than being âfixed or âcontrolled by âlaw: The âterms of the âlease may âprohibit âletting except at a rack ârent.
As a noun, it refers to destruction or wreckage. As a verb, it means to wreck. It is now mostly an archaic word, preserved mainly in a few common phrases. Rack has many definitions, but the one that makes it easily confused with wrack is to torture.ack [oneâs] brain. Rack [oneâs] brain is one common phrase in which rack in the torture-related sense is figuratively extended. To rack oneâs brain is to torture it or to stretch it by thinking very hard. To wrack oneâs brain would be to wreck it.