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Ratching

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of that which ratches or stretches.

    "The various ratchings of the torture wheel require what was gleaned before; but it is a descent of asking, not answering. At no stage on the level of torture do we discover what is the fundamental answer."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of ratch form-of, gerund, participle, present

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