From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Trace \Trace\, v. i.
To walk; to go; to travel. [Obs.]
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Not wont on foot with heavy arms to trace. --Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Trace \Trace\, n. [F. trais. pl. of trait. See Trait.]
1. 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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2. (Mech.) A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to
the end of another piece, for transmitting motion, esp.
from one plane to another; specif., such a piece in an
organ-stop action to transmit motion from the trundle to
the lever actuating the stop slider.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Trace \Trace\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. traced; p. pr. & vb. n.
tracing.] [OF. tracier, F. tracer, from (assumed) LL.
tractiare, fr.L. tractus, p. p. of trahere to draw. Cf.
Abstract, Attract, Contract, Portratt, Tract,
Trail, Train, Treat. ]
1. 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.
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Some faintly traced features or outline of the
mother and the child, slowly lading into the
twilight of the woods. --Hawthorne.
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2. To follow by some mark that has been left by a person or
thing which has preceded; to follow by footsteps, tracks,
or tokens. --Cowper.
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You may trace the deluge quite round the globe. --T.
Burnet.
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I feel thy power . . . to trace the ways
Of highest agents. --Milton.
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3. Hence, to follow the trace or track of.
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How all the way the prince on footpace traced.
--Spenser.
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4. To copy; to imitate.
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That servile path thou nobly dost decline,
Of tracing word, and line by line. --Denham.
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5. To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.
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We do tracethis alley up and down. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Trace \Trace\, n. [F. trace. See Trace, v. t. ]
1. A mark left by anything passing; a track; a path; a
course; a footprint; a vestige; as, the trace of a
carriage or sled; the trace of a deer; a sinuous trace.
--Milton.
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2. (Chem. & Min.) 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.
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3. A mark, impression, or visible appearance of anything left
when the thing itself no longer exists; remains; token;
vestige.
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The shady empire shall retain no trace
Of war or blood, but in the sylvan chase. --Pope.
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4. (Descriptive Geom. & Persp.) The intersection of a plane
of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate
plane.
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5. (Fort.) The ground plan of a work or works.
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Syn.-Vestige; mark; token. See Vestige.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
trace
n 1: a just detectable amount; "he speaks French with a trace of
an accent" [syn: trace, hint, suggestion]
2: an indication that something has been present; "there wasn't
a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of
condescension" [syn: trace, vestige, tincture,
shadow]
3: a suggestion of some quality; "there was a touch of sarcasm
in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face"
[syn: touch, trace, ghost]
4: a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of
paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of
the original image [syn: tracing, trace]
5: either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon
or other vehicle or to a whiffletree
6: a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person
or animal or vehicle
v 1: follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of
something; "We must follow closely the economic development
is Cuba" ; "trace the student's progress" [syn: trace,
follow]
2: make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the
outline of a figure in the sand" [syn: trace, draw,
line, describe, delineate]
3: to go back over again; "we retraced the route we took last
summer"; "trace your path" [syn: trace, retrace]
4: pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer
into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until
they found him" [syn: hound, hunt, trace]
5: discover traces of; "She traced the circumstances of her
birth"
6: make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass
over, around, or along; "The children traced along the edge
of the dark forest"; "The women traced the pasture"
7: copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a
transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of; "trace a
design"; "trace a pattern"
8: read with difficulty; "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The
archeologist traced the hieroglyphs" [syn: decipher,
trace]