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An amusement railroad in which cars coast by gravity over a long winding track, with steep pitches and ascents.

A track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage of anything; a groove in which anything runs. Also used figuratively. in a rut.

An excursion from the usual track; range; digression; deviation. Every one shall know a country better that makes often sallies into it, and traverses it up and down, than he that . . . goes still round in the same track. Locke.

The fossil track of a saurian.

the ground in passing over it; as, dogs find or lose the scent; hence, course of pursuit; track of discovery. He gained the observations of innumerable ages, and traveled upon the same scent into Ethiopia. Sir W. Temple.

To turn off to one side; especially, to turn off, as a grain or a car upon a side track; to switch off; to shift. For shunting your late partner on to me. T. Hughes.

A person employed to shunt cars from one track to another.

A side track, as a railroad; a turnout.

The track of man or beast as followed by the scent. [Scot.] Halliwell.

A hound that tracks animals by the scent; specifically, a bloodhound. [Spelt variously slouthhound, sluthhound, etc.]

rock, or snow down a hill or mountain side; as, a land slide, or a snow slide; also, the track of bare rock left by a land slide.

The track of a deer; hence, a track of any kind. Milton. As a bloodhound follows the slot of a hurt deer. Sir W. Scott.

Walk; track; path; course. [Obs.] This ilke [same] monk let old things pace, And held after the new world the space. Chaucer.

The track or trail of any wild animal; as, the spoor of an elephant; -- used originally by travelers in South Africa.

To watch; to dog, or keep track of. [Prov. Eng. or Slang] H. Kingsley.

A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.

a horse by overloading; to strain the wrist; to strain a muscle. Prudes decayed about may track, Strain their necks with looking back. Swift.

A movable part of a rail; or of opposite rails, for transferring cars from one track to another.

from Switch, v. Switching engine, a locomotive for switching cars from one track to another, and making up trains; -- called also switch engine. [U.S.]

A kind of backgammon played both with men and pegs; tricktrack. A game at ticktack with words. Milton.