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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Absent-minded :: Absent-minded (a.) Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied.
Lixivium :: Lixivium (n.) A solution of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; hence, any solution obtained by lixiviation..
Abstractively :: Abstractively (adv.) In a abstract manner; separately; in or by itself.
Frown :: Frown (v. i.) To contract the brow in displeasure, severity, or sternness; to scowl; to put on a stern, grim, or surly look..
Forelock :: Forelock (n.) A cotter or split pin, as in a slot in a bolt, to prevent retraction; a linchpin; a pin fastening the cap-square of a gun..
Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To draw out or lengthen in time or (rarely) in space; to continue; to prolong; as, to protract an argument; to protract a war..
Incontracted :: Incontracted (a.) Uncontracted.
Handfast :: Handfast (n.) Contract; specifically, espousal..
Calumbin :: Calumbin (n.) A bitter principle extracted as a white crystalline substance from the calumba root.
Extraction :: Extraction (n.) That which is extracted; extract; essence.
Subcontracted :: Subcontracted (a.) Contracted after a former contract.
Affiance :: Affiance (n.) Plighted faith; marriage contract or promise.
Eductor :: Eductor (n.) One who, or that which, brings forth, elicits, or extracts..
Subtranslucent :: Subtrahend (n.) The sum or number to be subtracted, or taken from another..
Hain''t :: Hain't () A contraction of have not or has not; as, I hain't, he hain't, we hain't..
Shock :: Shock (n.) The sudden convulsion or contraction of the muscles, with the feeling of a concussion, caused by the discharge, through the animal system, of electricity from a charged body..
Lobeline :: Lobeline (n.) A poisonous narcotic alkaloid extracted from the leaves of Indian tobacco (Lobelia inflata) as a yellow oil, having a tobaccolike taste and odor..
Retract :: Retract (v. t.) To withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion..
Sembling :: Sembling (n.) The practice of attracting the males of Lepidoptera or other insects by exposing the female confined in a cage.
Aconitine :: Aconitine (n.) An intensely poisonous alkaloid, extracted from aconite..
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