Definition of trace

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Trace (n.) One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug..

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Dryfoot :: Dryfoot (n.) The scent of the game, as far as it can be traced..
Mark :: Mark (n.) A trace, dot, line, imprint, or discoloration, although not regarded as a token or sign; a scratch, scar, stain, etc.; as, this pencil makes a fine mark..
Quarrel :: Quarrel (n.) A small opening in window tracery, of which the cusps, etc., make the form nearly square..
Trace :: Trace (v. t.) A very small quantity of an element or compound in a given substance, especially when so small that the amount is not quantitatively determined in an analysis; -- hence, in stating an analysis, often contracted to tr..
Camera Lucida :: Camera lucida () An instrument which by means of a prism of a peculiar form, or an arrangement of mirrors, causes an apparent image of an external object or objects to appear as if projected upon a plane surface, as of paper or canvas, so that the outlines may conveniently traced. It is generally used with the microscope..
Hypotrochoid :: Hypotrochoid (n.) A curve, traced by a point in the radius, or radius produced, of a circle which rolls upon the concave side of a fixed circle. See Hypocycloid, Epicycloid, and Trochoid..
Trace :: Trace (v. t.) To copy; to imitate.
Phonautograph :: Phonautograph (n.) An instrument by means of which a sound can be made to produce a visible trace or record of itself. It consists essentially of a resonant vessel, usually of paraboloidal form, closed at one end by a flexible membrane. A stylus attached to some point of the membrane records the movements of the latter, as it vibrates, upon a moving cylinder or plate..
Cairn :: Cairn (n.) A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc..
Retrace :: Retrace (v. t.) To trace back, as a line..
Retrace :: Retrace (v. t.) To trace over again, or renew the outline of, as a drawing; to draw again..
Whippletree :: Whippletree (n.) The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces, or tugs, of a harness are fastened, and by which a carriage, a plow, or other implement or vehicle, is drawn; a whiffletree; a swingletree; a singletree. See Singletree..
Swinish :: Swingtree (n.) The bar of a carriage to which the traces are fastened; the whiffletree.
Traceable :: Traceable (a.) Capable of being traced.
Track :: Track (v. t.) 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..
Blind :: Blind (a.) Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced.
Howl :: Howl (v. i.) To utter a loud, protraced, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do..
Graphite :: Graphite (n.) Native carbon in hexagonal crystals, also foliated or granular massive, of black color and metallic luster, and so soft as to leave a trace on paper. It is used for pencils (improperly called lead pencils), for crucibles, and as a lubricator, etc. Often called plumbago or black lead..
Trace :: Trace (v. t.) To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.
Ichnoscopy :: Ichnoscopy (n.) The search for the traces of anything.
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