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Webster 1913 Edition
Track
Track
,Noun.
[OF.
trac
track of horses, mules, trace of animals; of Teutonic origin; cf.D. trek
a drawing, trekken
to draw, travel, march, MHG. trechen
, pret. trach
. Cf. Trick
.] 1.
A mark left by something that has passed along;
as, the
track
, or wake, of a ship; the track
of a meteor; the track
of a sled or a wheel.The bright
track
of his fiery car. Shakespeare
2.
A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or beast; trace; vestige; footprint.
Far from
track
of men. Milton.
3.
(Zool.)
The entire lower surface of the foot; – said of birds, etc.
4.
A road; a beaten path.
Behold Torquatus the same
track
pursue. Dryden.
5.
Course; way;
as, the
. track
of a comet6.
A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
7.
(Railroad)
The permanent way; the rails.
8.
[Perhaps a mistake for
tract
.] A tract or area, as of land.
[Obs.]
“Small tracks of ground.” Fuller.
Track scale
, a railway scale. See under
Railway
.Track
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
tracked
; p. pr. & vb. n.
tracking
.] To follow the tracks or traces of; to pursue by following the marks of the feet; to trace; to trail;
as, to
. track
a deer in the snowIt was often found impossible to
track
the robbers to their retreats among the hills and morasses. Macaulay.
2.
(Naut.)
To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a line, men or animals on shore being the motive power; to tow.
Webster 1828 Edition
Track
TRACK
, n.1.
A mark left by something that has passed along; as the track of a ship, a wake; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or sleigh.2.
A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or beast. Savages are said to be wonderfully sagacious in finding the tracks of men in the forest.3.
A road; a beaten path. Behold Torquatus the same track pursue.
4.
Course; way; as the track of a comet.TRACK
,Verb.
T.
1.
To tow; to draw a boat on the water in a canal.