track

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. tracked p. pr. & vb. n. tracking. ] To follow the tracks or traces of; to pursue by following the marks of the feet; to trace; to trail; as, to track a deer in the snow. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was often found impossible to track the robbers to their retreats among the hills and morasses. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a line, men or animals on shore being the motive power; to tow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of tracking, or towing, as a boat; towage. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Railroads) Lines of track, collectively; as, an extensive trackage. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog that follows game. [ 1913 Webster ]

And of the trackers of the deer
Scarce half the lessening pack was near. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) In the organ, a light strip of wood connecting (in path) a key and a pallet, to communicate motion by pulling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Railroads) Any workman engaged in work involved in putting the track in place. [ U. S. & Canada ] -- Track"lay`ing, n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

a. Having no track; marked by no footsteps; untrodden; as, a trackless desert. [ 1913 Webster ]

To climb the trackless mountain all unseen. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Track"less*ly, adv.-Track"less*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. -men /plu>. (Railroads) One employed on work on the track; specif., a trackwalker. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Railroad) One who has charge of the track; -- called also roadmaster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A towing path. [ 1913 Webster ]