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Tract
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v.) Treatment; exposition.
(2):
(v.) A region or quantity of land or water, of indefinite extent; an area; as, an unexplored tract of sea.
(3):
(v.) Something drawn out or extended; expanse.
(4):
(n.) A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion.
(5):
(v.) The footprint of a wild beast.
(6):
(v.) Traits; features; lineaments.
(7):
(v.) Track; trace.
(8):
(v.) Continued or protracted duration; length; extent.
(9):
(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.
(10):
(v. t.) To trace out; to track; also, to draw out; to protact.
(11):
(v.) Continuity or extension of anything; as, the tract of speech.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tract'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/t/tract.html. 1828.
