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Toyman (toim�n), n. One who deals in toys.
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Toyshop (-shŏp), n. A shop where toys are sold.
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Toysome (toisŭm), a. Disposed to toy; trifling; wanton. [R.] Ford.
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Toze (?), v. t. To pull violently; to touse. [Obs.]
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Tozy (?), a. [See ] Soft, like wool that has been teased. -- Toziness (#), n.
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Trabea (?), n.; pl. Trabeæ (#). [L.] (Rom. Antiq.) A toga of purple, or ornamented with purple horizontal stripes. -- worn by kings, consuls, and augurs. Dr. W. Smith.
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Trabeated (?), a. (Arch.) Furnished with an entablature.
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Trabeation (?), n. [L. trabs, trabis, a beam, a timber.] (Arch.) Same as .
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Trabecula (?), n.; pl. Trabeculæ (-lē). [L., a little beam.] (Anat.) A small bar, rod, bundle of fibers, or septal membrane, in the framework of an organ part.
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Trabecular (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a trabecula or trabeculæ; composed of trabeculæ.
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Trabeculate (?), a. (Bot.) Crossbarred, as the ducts in a banana stem.
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Trabu (?), n. (Zoöl.) Same as .
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Trace (?), n. [F. trais. pl. of trait. See .] 1. One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.
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2. (Mech.) A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting motion, esp. from one plane to another; specif., such a piece in an organ-stop action to transmit motion from the trundle to the lever actuating the stop slider.
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Trace, n. [F. trace. See , v. t. ] 1. A mark left by anything passing; a track; a path; a course; a footprint; a vestige; as, the trace of a carriage or sled; the trace of a deer; a sinuous trace. Milton.
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2. (Chem. & Min.) A very small quantity of an element or compound in a given substance, especially when so small that the amount is not quantitatively determined in an analysis; -- hence, in stating an analysis, often contracted to tr.
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3. A mark, impression, or visible appearance of anything left when the thing itself no longer exists; remains; token; vestige.
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The shady empire shall retain no trace
Of war or blood, but in the sylvan chase. Pope.
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4. (Descriptive Geom. & Persp.) The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.
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5. (Fort.) The ground plan of a work or works.
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Coloq. Syn .-Vestige; mark; token. See .
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Trace, v. t. [imp. & p. p. traced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. tracing.] [OF. tracier, F. tracer, from (assumed) LL. tractiare, fr.L. tractus, p. p. of trahere to draw. Cf. , , , , , , , . ] 1. To mark out; to draw or delineate with marks; especially, to copy, as a drawing or engraving, by following the lines and marking them on a sheet superimposed, through which they appear; as, to trace a figure or an outline; a traced drawing.
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Some faintly traced features or outline of the mother and the child, slowly lading into the twilight of the woods. Hawthorne.
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2. To follow by some mark that has been left by a person or thing which has preceded; to follow by footsteps, tracks, or tokens. Cowper.
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You may trace the deluge quite round the globe. T. Burnet.
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I feel thy power . . . to trace the ways
Of highest agents. Milton.
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3. Hence, to follow the trace or track of.
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How all the way the prince on footpace traced. Spenser.
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4. To copy; to imitate.
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That servile path thou nobly dost decline,
Of tracing word, and line by line. Denham.
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5. To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.
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We do tracethis alley up and down. Shak.
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Trace, v. i. To walk; to go; to travel. [Obs.]
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Not wont on foot with heavy arms to trace. Spenser.
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Traceable (?), a. Capable of being traced. -- Traceableness, n. -- Tracea/bly, adv.
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Tracer (?), n. One who, or that which, traces.
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2. A person engaged (esp. in the express or railway service) in tracing, or searching out, missing articles, as packages or freight cars.
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3. An inquiry sent out (esp. in transportation service) for a missing article, as a letter or an express package.
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4. (Mil.) a type of ammunition that emits light or smoke as it moves toward its target, providing a visible path of the projectile in flight so that the point of impact may be observed; -- called also tracer ammunition.
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5. (Mil.) the chemical substance used in tracer ammunition to cause it to be visible in flight.
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6. a chemical substance with properties, such as radioactivity or fluorescence, which make it easily measurable, used to observe the movements of chemically related substances through a biological, physical, or chemical system; -- in biochemistry, also called labeled compounds. Radioactive tracers are used, for example, to measure the retention or distribution of residues of drugs after administration to an animal, to determine the type and rate of metabolism; also, to measure the rate of motion of molecules in electrophoresis or the leakage of small quantities of material from a container. Small fluorescent tracers may be attached in many cases to macromolecules such as proteins or nucleic acids, allowing the motions of such macromolecules to be easily observed by their acquired fluorescence, without appreciably changing their properties. In biological and biochemial systems the common radioactive isotopes used in tracers are carbon-14, tritium (hydrogen-3), sulfur-35, phosphorus-32, and iodine-131; other isotopes are also used, including non-radioactive isotopes such as carbon-13.
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Tracer/y (?), n.; pl. Traceries (�) (Arch.) 1. Ornamental work with rambled lines. Especially: -- (a) The decorative head of a Gothic window.
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☞ Window tracery is of two sorts, plate tracery and bar tracery. Plate tracery, common in Italy, consists of a series of ornamental patterns cut through a flat plate of stone. Bar tracery is a decorative pattern formed by the curves and intersections of the molded bars of the mullions. Window tracery is imitated in many decorative objects, as panels of wood or metal either pierced or in relief. See also Stump tracery under , and Fan tracery under .
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(b) A similar decoration in some styles of vaulting, the ribs of the vault giving off the minor bars of which the tracery is composed.
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2. A tracing of lines; a system of lines produced by, or as if by, tracing, esp. when interweaving or branching out in ornamental or graceful figures. “Knit with curious tracery.” Burns.
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Trachea (?), n.; pl. Tracheæ (#). [NL.,from L. trachia, Gr. trachei^a (sc. � windpipe), from � rough, rugged: cf. F. trachée.]
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1. (Anat.) The windpipe. See Illust. of .
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2. (Zoöl.) One of the respiratory tubes of insects and arachnids.
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3. (Bot.) One of the large cells in woody tissue which have spiral, annular, or other markings, and are connected longitudinally so as to form continuous ducts.
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Tracheal (?), a. [Cf.F. tracheal.] Of or pertaining to the trachea; like a trachea.
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Trachearia (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) A division of Arachnida including those that breathe only by means of tracheæ. It includes the mites, ticks, false scorpions, and harvestmen.
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Tracheary (?), a. Tracheal; breathing by means of tracheæ. -- n. (Zoöl.) One of the Trachearia.
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Tracheata (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) An extensive division of arthropods comprising all those which breathe by tracheæ, as distinguished from Crustacea, which breathe by means of branchiæ.
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Tracheate (?), a. (Zoöl.) Breathing by means of tracheæ; of or pertaining to the Tracheata.
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Tracheate, n. (Zoöl.) Any arthropod having tracheæ; one of the Tracheata.
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Tracheid (?), n. (Bot.) A wood cell with spiral or other markings and closed throughout, as in pine wood.
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Tracheitis (trāk�ītĭs), n. [NL. See ; .] (Med.) Inflammation of the trachea, or windpipe.
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Trachelidan (?), n. [Gr. � neck.] (Zoöl.) Any one of a tribe of beetles (Trachelides) which have the head supported on a pedicel. The oil beetles and the Cantharides are examples.
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Trachelipod (?), n. [Gr.� neck + -pod:cf.F. trachelipode.] (Zoöl.) One of the Trachelipoda.
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Trachelipoda (?), n. pl. [NL. See .] (Zoöl.) An extensive artificial group of gastropods comprising all those which have a spiral shell and the foot attached to the base of the neck.
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Trachelipodous (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having the foot united with the neck; of or pertaining to the Trachelipoda.
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Trachelobranchiate (?), a. [Gr.� + E. tranchiate.] (Zoöl.) Having the gills situated upon the neck; -- said of certain mollusks.
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Trachelorrhaphy (?), n. [Gr. � neck + � to sew.] (Med.) The operation of sewing up a laceration of the neck of the uterus.
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Trachenchyma (?), n. [NL.,fr. trachea + -enchyma as in E. parenchyma.] (Bot.) A vegetable tissue consisting of tracheæ.
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Tracheobranchia (?), n.; pl. Tracheobranchlae (#). [NL. See , and .] (Zoöl.) One of the gill-like breathing organs of certain aquatic insect larvæ. They contain tracheal tubes somewhat similar to those of other insects.
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Tracheobronchial (?), a. (Zoöl.) Pertaining both to the tracheal and bronchial tubes, or to their junction; -- said of the syrinx of certain birds.
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Tracheocele (?), n. [Gr. � the windpipe + � a tumor: cf.F. tracheocele. ] (Med.) (a) Goiter. (b) A tumor containing air and communicating with the trachea. Morell Mackenzie.
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Tracheophonæ (�), n. pl. [NL., from trachea + Gr. fonei^n to sound.] (Zoöl.) A group of passerine birds having the syrinx at the lower end of the trachea.
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Tracheoscopy (?), n. [Trachea + -scopy.] (Med.) Examination of the interior of the trachea by means of a mirror.
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Tracheotomy (?), n. [Trachea + Gr. � to cut: cf.F. tracheotomie.] (Surg.) The operation of making an opening into the windpipe.
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Trachinoid (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of, pertaining to, or like, Trachinus, a genus of fishes which includes the weevers. See .
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Trachitis (?), n. [NL.] (Med.) Tracheitis.
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Trachoma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � roughness, fr. � rough.] (Med.) a contagious granular conjunctivitis caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. It is a chronic inflammation of the conjunctiva -- Trachomatous (#), a.
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Trachycarpous (?), a. [Gr. � rough + � fruit.] (Bot.) Rough-fruited. Gray.
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Trachymedusæ (?), n. pl. [NL., fr.Gr. � rough + medusa.] (Zoöl.) A division of acalephs in which the development is direct from the eggs, without a hydroid stage. Some of the species are parasitic on other medusæ.
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Trachyspermous (?), a. [Gr. � rough + � seed.] (Bot.) Rough-seeded. Gray.
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Trachystomata (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. � rough + stoma.] (Zoöl.) An order of tailed aquatic amphibians, including Siren and Pseudobranchus. They have anterior legs only, are eel-like in form, and have no teeth except a small patch on the palate. The external gills are persistent through life.
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Trachyte (?), n. [Gr. � rough, rugged: cg. F. trachyte.] (Geol.) An igneous rock, usually light gray in color and breaking with a rough surface. It consists chiefly of orthoclase feldspar with sometimes hornblende and mica.
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Trachytic (?), a. [Cf. F. trachytique.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, trachyte.
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Trachytoid (?), a. [Trachyte + -oid.] (Min.) Resembling trachyte; -- used to define the structure of certain rocks.
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Tracing (?), n. 1. The act of one who traces; especially, the act of copying by marking on thin paper, or other transparent substance, the lines of a pattern placed beneath; also, the copy thus producted.
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2. A regular path or track; a course.
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Coloq. Tracing cloth , Coloq. Tracing paper , specially prepared transparent cloth or paper, which enables a drawing or print to be clearly seen through it, and so allows the use of a pen or pencil to produce a facsimile by following the lines of the original placed beneath.
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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. .] 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. (Zoöl.) 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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Coloq. Track scale , a railway scale. See under .
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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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Trackage (?), n. 1. The act of tracking, or towing, as a boat; towage.
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2. (Railroads) Lines of track, collectively; as, an extensive trackage.
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Tracker (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog that follows game.
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And of the trackers of the deer
Scarce half the lessening pack was near. Sir W. Scott.
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2. (Mus.) In the organ, a light strip of wood connecting (in path) a key and a pallet, to communicate motion by pulling.
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Tracklayer (?), n. (Railroads) Any workman engaged in work involved in putting the track in place. [U. S. & Canada] -- Tracklaying, n.
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Trackless, a. Having no track; marked by no footsteps; untrodden; as, a trackless desert.
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To climb the trackless mountain all unseen. Byron.
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-- Tracklessly, adv.-Tracklessness, n.
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Trackman (?), n.; pl. -men (�). (Railroads) One employed on work on the track; specif., a trackwalker.
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Trackmaster (?), n. (Railroad) One who has charge of the track; -- called also roadmaster.
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Track-road (?), n. A towing path.
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Trackscout (?), n. See .
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Trackwalker (?), n. (Railroads) A person employed to walk over and inspect a section of tracks.
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Trackway (?), n. Any of two or more narrow paths, of steel, smooth stone, or the like, laid in a public roadway otherwise formed of an inferior pavement, as cobblestones, to provide an easy way for wheels.
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Tract (?), n. [Abbrev.fr. tractate.] A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion.
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The church clergy at that time writ the best collection of tracts against popery that ever appeared. Swift.
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Coloq. Tracts for the Times . See .
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Tract, n. [L. tractus a drawing, train, track, course, tract of land, from trahere tractum, to draw. Senses 4 and 5 are perhaps due to confusion with track. See ,v., and cf. .] 1. Something drawn out or extended; expanse. “The deep tract of hell.” Milton.
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2. A region or quantity of land or water, of indefinite extent; an area; as, an unexplored tract of sea.
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A very high mountain joined to the mainland by a narrow tract of earth. Addison.
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3. Traits; features; lineaments. [Obs.]
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The discovery of a man's self by the tracts of his countenance is a great weakness. Bacon.
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4. The footprint of a wild beast. [Obs.] Dryden.
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5. Track; trace. [Obs.]
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Efface all tract of its traduction. Sir T. Browne.
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But flies an eagle flight, bold, and forthon,
Leaving no tract behind. Shak.
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6. Treatment; exposition. [Obs.] Shak.
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7. Continuity or extension of anything; as, the tract of speech. [Obs.] Older.
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8. Continued or protracted duration; length; extent. “Improved by tract of time.” Milton.
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9. (R. C. Ch.) Verses of Scripture sung at Mass, instead of the Alleluia, from Septuagesima Sunday till the Saturday befor Easter; -- so called because sung tractim, or without a break, by one voice, instead of by many as in the antiphons.
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Syn. -- Region; district; quarter; essay; treatise; dissertation.
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Tract, v. t. To trace out; to track; also, to draw out; to protact. [Obs.] Spenser. B. Jonson.
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Tractability (?), n. [L. tractabilitas: cf.F. tractabilite.] The quality or state of being tractable or docile; docility; tractableness.
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Tractable (?), a. [L. tractabilis, fr, tractare to draw violently, to handle, treat. See , v. t.] 1. Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner.
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I shall find them tractable enough. Shak.
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2. Capable of being handled; palpable; practicable; feasible; as, tractable measures. [Obs.] Holder.
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--Tractableness, n. -- Tracta/bly, adv.
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Tractarian (?), n. (Ch. of England) One of the writers of the Oxford tracts, called “Tracts for the Times,” issued during the period 1833-1841, in which series of papers the sacramental system and authority of the Church, and the value of tradition, were brought into prominence. Also, a member of the High Church party, holding generally the principles of the Tractarian writers; a Puseyite.
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