Definition of tract

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Tract (v.) Verses of Scripture sung at Mass, instead of the Alleluia, from Septuagesima Sunday till the Saturday befor Easter; -- so called because sung tractim, or without a break, by one voice, instead of by many as in the antiphons..

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Dahlin :: Dahlin (n.) A variety of starch extracted from the dahlia; -- called also inulin. See Inulin.
Subcontracted :: Subcontract (n.) A contract under, or subordinate to, a previous contract..
Foussa :: Foussa (n.) A viverrine animal of Madagascar (Cryptoprocta ferox). It resembles a cat in size and form, and has retractile claws..
Intractability :: Intractability (n.) The quality of being intractable; intractableness.
Insurer :: Insurer (n.) One who, or that which, insures; the person or company that contracts to indemnify losses for a premium; an underwriter..
Honeywort :: Honeywort (n.) A European plant of the genus Cerinthe, whose flowers are very attractive to bees..
Extractive :: Extractive (a.) Tending or serving to extract or draw out.
Apostrophize :: Apostrophize (p. pr. & vb. n.) To contract by omitting a letter or letters; also, to mark with an apostrophe (') or apostrophes..
Morin :: Morin (n.) A yellow crystalline substance of acid properties extracted from fustic (Maclura tinctoria, formerly called Morus tinctoria); -- called also moric acid..
Motility :: Motility (n.) Capability of motion; contractility.
Capture :: Capture (n.) The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction..
Backbiter :: Backbiter (n.) One who backbites; a secret calumniator or detractor.
Shrimp :: Shrimp (v. t.) To contract; to shrink.
Undertake :: Undertake (v. t.) Specifically, to take upon one's self solemnly or expressly; to lay one's self under obligation, or to enter into stipulations, to perform or to execute; to covenant; to contract..
''t Is :: 'T is () A common contraction of it is.
Digitain :: Digitain (n.) A supposedly distinct vegetable principle as the essential ingredient of the extracts. It is a white, crystalline substance, and is regarded as a glucoside..
Viscin :: Viscin (n.) A clear, viscous, tasteless substance extracted from the mucilaginous sap of the mistletoe (Viscum album), holly, etc., and constituting an essential ingredient of birdlime..
Policy :: Policy (n.) The writing or instrument in which a contract of insurance is embodied; an instrument in writing containing the terms and conditions on which one party engages to indemnify another against loss arising from certain hazards, perils, or risks to which his person or property may be exposed. See Insurance..
Tractory :: Tractory (n.) A tractrix.
Self-involution :: Self-involution (n.) Involution in one's self; hence, abstraction of thought; reverie..
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