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. [ 1913 Webster ] The bright track of his fiery car. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or beast; trace; vestige; footprint. [ 1913 Webster ] Far from track of men. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Zool.) The entire lower surface of the foot; -- said of birds, etc. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. A road; a beaten path. [ 1913 Webster ] Behold Torquatus the same track pursue. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. Course; way; as, the track of a comet. [ 1913 Webster ] 6. A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc. [ 1913 Webster ] 7. (Railroad) The permanent way; the rails. [ 1913 Webster ] 8. [ Perhaps a mistake for tract. ] A tract or area, as of land. [ Obs. ] “Small tracks of ground.” Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
Track scale, a railway scale. See under Railway. [ 1913 Webster ]
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