TRACK

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.

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

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

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

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

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

The permanent way; the rails.

A tract or area, as of land. [Obs.] "Small tracks of ground." Fuller. Track scale, a railway scale. See under Railway.

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.

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