Category:Track

Track, n. Etym: [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. Shak.

2. A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or beast; Trace; vestige; footprint. Far from track of men. Milton.

3. (zoöl.)

Defn: the entire lower surface of the foot;-said of birds, ect.

4. A road; a beaten path. Behold torquatus the same track pursue. Dryden.

5. Course; way; as, the track of a comet.

6. A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, ect.

7. (raolroad)

Defn: the permanent way; the rails.

8. Etym: [perhaps a mistake for tract.]

Defn: a tract or area, as of land. [obs.] "small tracks of ground." Fuller. Track scale, a railway scale. See under railway.

Track Track, v. t. [imp. & p. p. tracked; p. pr. & vb. n. tracking.]

Defn: 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. It was often found impossible to track the robbers to their retreats Among the hills and morasses. Macaulay.

2. (naut.)

Defn: to draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a line, men or Animals on shore being the motive power; to tow.