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Trace :: Trace (v. t.) To mark out; to draw or delineate with marks; especially, to copy, as a drawing or engraving, by following the lines and marking them on a sheet superimposed, through which they appear; as, to trace a figure or an outline; a traced drawing..

Derive :: Derive (v. t.) To trace the origin, descent, or derivation of; to recognize transmission of; as, he derives this word from the Anglo-Saxon..

Locus :: Locus (n.) The line traced by a point which varies its position according to some determinate law; the surface described by a point or line that moves according to a given law.

Etymologize :: Etymologize (v. t.) To give the etymology of; to trace to the root or primitive, as a word..

Swinish :: Swingtree (n.) The bar of a carriage to which the traces are fastened; the whiffletree.

Mark :: Mark (v. t.) To leave a trace, scratch, scar, or other mark, upon, or any evidence of action; as, a pencil marks paper; his hobnails marked the floor..

Pinite :: Pinite (n.) Any fossil wood which exhibits traces of having belonged to the Pine family.

Camera Obscura :: Camera obscura () An apparatus in which the images of external objects, formed by a convex lens or a concave mirror, are thrown on a paper or other white surface placed in the focus of the lens or mirror within a darkened chamber, or box, so that the outlines may be traced..

Planimeter :: Planimeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the area of any plane figure, however irregular, by passing a tracer around the bounding line; a platometer..

Larva :: Larva (n.) Any young insect from the time that it hatches from the egg until it becomes a pupa, or chrysalis. During this time it usually molts several times, and may change its form or color each time. The larvae of many insects are much like the adults in form and habits, but have no trace of wings, the rudimentary wings appearing only in the pupa stage. In other groups of insects the larvae are totally unlike the parents in structure and habits, and are called caterpillars, grubs, maggots, et

Uptrace :: Uptrace (v. t.) To trace up or out.

Tracer/y :: Tracer/y (n.) The decorative head of a Gothic window.

Retrace :: Retrace (v. t.) To trace over again, or renew the outline of, as a drawing; to draw again..

Retrace :: Retrace (v. t.) To trace back, as a line..

Trace :: Trace (v. t.) The ground plan of a work or works.

Hame :: Hame (n.) One of the two curved pieces of wood or metal, in the harness of a draught horse, to which the traces are fastened. They are fitted upon the collar, or have pads fitting the horse's neck attached to them..

Roulette :: Roulette (n.) the curve traced by any point in the plane of a given curve when the latter rolls, without sliding, over another fixed curve. See Cycloid, and Epycycloid..

Radiant :: Radiant (n.) The point in the heavens at which the apparent paths of shooting stars meet, when traced backward, or whence they appear to radiate..

Train :: Train (v. t.) To trace, as a lode or any mineral appearance, to its head..

Bricole :: Bricole (n.) A kind of traces with hooks and rings, with which men drag and maneuver guns where horses can not be used..

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