TRACK
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Track (?), n. [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.
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The bright track of his fiery car.
Shak.
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2. A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or beast; trace; vestige; footprint.
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Far from track of men.
Milton.
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3. (Zo&ö;l.) The entire lower surface of the foot; -- said of birds, etc.
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4. A road; a beaten path.
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Behold Torquatus the same track pursue.
Dryden.
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5. Course; way; as, the track of a comet.
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6. A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
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7. (Railroad) The permanent way; the rails.
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8. [Perhaps a mistake for tract.] A tract or area, as of land. [Obs.] “Small tracks of ground.” Fuller.
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Track scale, a railway scale. See under Railway.
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Track, v. 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 snow.
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It was often found impossible to track the robbers to their retreats among the hills and morasses.
Macaulay.
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2. (Naut.) To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a line, men or animals on shore being the motive power; to tow.
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