Trace

tras, n. A mark left by anything pa ing; a footprint; track; a mark, impre ion, or visible appearance of anything left when the thing itself no longer exists; vestige; token; one of the 2 straps, chains, or ropes, by which a carriage or sleigh drawn by horses. — v. [traced (trast), tracing.] To walk' over, pa through; to draw or delineate with marks; esp., to copy (a drawing) by following the lines and marking them on a sheet superimposed; to follow by footsteps or tracks, or some mark that sun, cube, full; moon, fot»t; cow, oil; TRACK has been left by a person or thing which has preceded; to follow"the trace or track of; to follow with exactne . [F., a trace, print of the toot, path, tract, tracer, to trace, follow, pursue, tra er, to delineate, score, trace out, fr.L. traiierc, tractum, to draw, orig. to drag violently: trace lor a horse OF. trays, F. traits, pi. of trait, a trace (for a horse) train, treat, abstract, attract, distract, suht ract, etc., maltreat, portray, retreat.] — Tra'cer, n. — Trace'able, a. Capable of being traced. — T r a ' eery, -ser-Y, (Goth. Arch.) An ornamental d Flowing Tracery. vergency of the mullions of a window, into arches, curves, etc.: the subdivisions of groined vaults, etc.— Tract, trakt, n. Something drawn out or extended a region, or quantity of land or water, of indefinite extent; a written discourse or di ertation, generally not of great extent esp., a short treatise on practical religion continued or protracted duration length extent. [L. tractus, a drawing out, the course of — a river, a tract or region, prop. p. p. of trahere.] Tract'able, a. Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; capable of being handled; practicable; feasible. [L. tractabilis, fr. — tract are, -tatvm, to handle, freq. of trahere.] Tract'ablene , -ability, n.— Tracfably, adv. In a tractable manner. — Tract'ate, A treatise; a tract. [L. tract at us, p. p. of tract are.] — Tractile, a. Capable of being drawn out in length; ductile. — Tractil'ity, n. Quality of being tractile; ductility.— Trac'tion, n. Act of drawing, or state of being drawn; attraction: a drawing toward. [F.] — Tractive, -iv, a. Serving to draw;" pulling; attracting. — Tract'or, n. That which draws, or used for drawing. (Med.) Two small, pointed bars of bra and steel, which, being drawn over diseased parts of the body, were, at one time, supposed to give relief through the agency of electricity or magnetism. — Tract'ory, -o-rY, Tract'rix, n. (Geom.) The curve described on a plane by a heavy point attached to a string and drawn along by moving the other end of the string. Trachea, tra^ke-a, L. pron. -ke'a, n.;pl. -cse-M, -ke-e, L.pron.-ke'e. (Anat.) The windpipe, a cartilaginous and membranous pipe conveying air to the lungs; the weasand see Lung. The air-tubes of the body in insects and similar animals. [L. trachea, -clna, Gr. trac/ieia,lit.the rough, the rings of cartilage which compose fem. of trachus, rough, rugged, harsh.]—Tra'- cheot'omy, -ke-of on. (Surg.) Operation o f making an opening into the windpipe. [Gr. temnein, to cut.] — Tra'chyte, -kit, n. A nearly compact, feldspathic, volcanic rock, breaking with a rough surface.