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Track scale

Track \Track\, n. [OF. trac track of horses, mules, trace of animals; of Teutonic origin; cf.D. trek a drawing, trekken to draw, travel, march, MHG. trechen, pret. trach. Cf. Trick.]

  1. A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.

    The bright track of his fiery car.
    --Shak.

  2. A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or beast; trace; vestige; footprint.

    Far from track of men.
    --Milton.

  3. (Zo["o]l.) The entire lower surface of the foot; -- said of birds, etc.

  4. A road; a beaten path.

    Behold Torquatus the same track pursue.
    --Dryden.

  5. Course; way; as, the track of a comet.

  6. A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.

  7. (Railroad) The permanent way; the rails.

  8. [Perhaps a mistake for tract.] A tract or area, as of land. [Obs.] ``Small tracks of ground.''
    --Fuller.

    Track scale, a railway scale. See under Railway.