Tract

n.	1.	A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion. The church clergy at that time writ the best collection of tracts against popery that ever appeared. - Swift. Tracts for the Times See Tractarian.
	1.	Something drawn out or extended; expanse.
	2.	A region or quantity of land or water, of indefinite extent; an area; as, an unexplored tract of sea. A very high mountain joined to the mainland by a narrow tract of earth. - Addison.
	3.	Traits; features; lineaments. The discovery of a man's self by the tracts of his countenance is a great weakness. - Bacon.
	4.	The footprint of a wild beast.
	5.	Track; trace. Efface all tract of its traduction. - Sir T. Browne. But flies an eagle flight, bold, and forthon, Leaving no tract behind. - Shak.
	6.	Treatment; exposition.
	7.	Continuity or extension of anything; as, the tract of speech.
	8.	Continued or protracted duration; length; extent.
	9.	(R. C. Ch.) 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.
v. t.	1.	To trace out; to track; also, to draw out; to protact.

Noun	1.	tract - an extended area of land Synonyms: parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, parcel
	2.	tract - a system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose
	3.	tract - a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet Synonyms: pamphlet
	4.	tract - a bundle of mylenated nerve fibers following a path through the brain Synonyms: nerve pathway, nerve tract, pathway

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