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To load or burden; as, to thrack a man with property. [Obs.] South.

Metal still in the mine. [Obs.]

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 towing path.

The act of tracking, or towing, as a boat; towage.

One who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog that follows game. And of the trackers of the deer Scarce half the lessening pack was near. Sir W. Scott.

Any workman engaged in work involved in putting the track in place. [U. S. & Canada] -- Track"lay`ing, n.

Having no track; marked by no footsteps; untrodden; as, a trackless desert. To climb the trackless mountain all unseen. Byron. -- Track"less*ly, adv.-Track"less*ness, n.

One employed on work on the track; specif., a trackwalker.

One who has charge of the track; --called also roadmaster.

See Trackschuyt.

A person employed to walk over and inspect a section of tracks.

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.

An old game resembling backgammon.

One who breaks jests; a joker. [Obs.] Shak.

The nuthatch. [Prov. Eng.]

A thin, flying cloud; a rack.

Ruinous; destructive. [Obs.]

bottom. By sucking out a little air, the bottom springs into a concave form with a smart crack; and by breathing or blowing gently into the orifice, the bottom, with a like noise, springs into its former convex form.

A bracket supporting a cornice; a console.