TRACK

track. Track, n. a beaten path, road, rut, mark left

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