单词 | tract |
释义 | tractn.1 I. Senses relating to books or pamphlets in which a topic is discussed. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > treatise or dissertation > [noun] > the writing of treaty1382 tract1432 entreating1526 entreatya1538 tractation1570 tractate1586 treatising1605 1432-50 [see sense 2a]. 1577 M. Hanmer tr. Socrates Scholasticus i. xx, in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. 247 It was our part, to comprise in few words, such things as required a seuerall tract. 1659 B. Walton Considerator Considered 14 They do assert and prove the plain contrary, and that not obiter, or by the by, but ex professo, in full tracts. 2. a. A book or written work treating of some particular topic; a treatise; a written or printed discourse or dissertation: = tractate n. 1. Now rare in general sense.Formerly often applied to what would now be called ‘books’. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > treatise or dissertation > [noun] drawth1340 treatisea1375 commentc1400 treatc1400 treatyc1400 tract1432 tractate1474 disputationa1533 commentary1547 tractive1558 tractation1563 diatribe1581 examen1606 dispute1608 ergasy1637 hippiatrics1646 disquisition1647 dissertation1651 tractic1651 supernaturals1676 adenography1689 1432–50 tr. Higden (Rolls) III. 219 The philosophres that were diuines..laborede and made tractes of God [L. de Deo tractaverunt; Trevisa, þei treted of God]. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 257 For cause that a generalle tracte [L. tractatus generalis; Trevisa, tretysis ful and general] of the iiij. principalle realmes afore seide.., dothe require a large processe. 1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. v. x. 85 This present tracte [printed taicte] of mine is not made for any ostentation. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. i. §2. 403 Palastina it selfe is but a Prouince, as I haue noted in the beginning of this Tract. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. ii. 69 The scope and end of my business in this Tract. 1825 J. R. McCulloch Princ. Polit. Econ. i. 38 In the course of the seventeenth century, a more than usual number of tracts were published on commercial and economical subjects. 1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation ii. iv. 180 Mr. Howlett.. has made some statements in his valuable tract on tithe. b. Applied to a division of a book or literary work, treating of a separate subject or branch. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > chapter or section capitleeOE chapter?c1225 pacea1325 chapitle1340 passa1400 capitalc1460 titlec1460 spacea1500 section1576 head1610 tract1662 passus1765 screed1829 subtitle1891 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. iii. §3 Three books they tell us of, which Zertoost received by Revelation, or rather one book, consisting of three severall tracts, whereof the first [etc.]. 1891 J. E. H. Thomson Bks. which influenced Our Lord i. x. 177 The Mishna is divided into six sections, each of these into ten tracts on an average, or sixty-one in all. 3. a. In later use: a short pamphlet on some religious, political, or other topic, suitable for distribution or for purposes of propaganda. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > pamphlet > [noun] > small quire?c1225 tract1806 pamphletette1882 tractlet1889 1762 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 545/2 This little tract affords prescriptions for the soul.] 1806 [see sense 3c]. 1816 [see sense 3c]. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) ix. 75 Whose sister, Lady Emily, wrote those sweet tracts, ‘The Sailor's True Binnacle’, and ‘The Applewoman of Finchley Common’. 1851 C. Kingsley Let. in Life (1879) I. ix. 237 The barbarians..got into their addle pates that we were emissaries of Mazzini and Co. distributing political tracts. 1866 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood xxx Whether he only distributes tracts with condescending words. 1885 G. Meredith Diana of Crossways II. iii. 74 Am I really as dull as a tract, my dear? 1911 A. R. Buckland in Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 177/2 A tract is understood to be brief and rather argumentative than educational. 1913 N.E.D. at Tract Mod. The British Museum library contains an immense collection of Civil War tracts. b. Tracts for the Times: the title of a series of pamphlets on theological and ecclesiastical topics (known also as the Oxford Tracts, or simply the Tracts) started by J. H. Newman, and published at Oxford 1833–1841, on the doctrines of which the Tractarian movement was based; also used in singular with lower-case initials, of any literary work put out to meet a particular need of the times. The earlier of these were, in accordance with their title, brief pamphlets; but some of the later, e.g. that of Pusey on Baptism, were extended treatises, tracts in sense 2. The aim of the series was ‘to arrest the advance of Liberalism in religious thought, and to revive’ what the writers held to be ‘the true conception of the relation of the Church of England to the Catholic Church at large’ ( Churchman's Guide). The last Tract, No. 90, by J. H. Newman, ‘On Certain Passages in the XXXIX Articles’, ‘called forth a storm of reprobation; at the instance of Four Tutors, the Heads of the Oxford Colleges pronounced censure upon the author’, and at the request of the Bishop of Oxford the publication of the Tracts ceased. In the sequel, many who sympathized with the teaching of the Tracts (including at length Newman himself) seceded to the Church of Rome. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > treatise or dissertation > [noun] > specific treatises aloedary1753 Tracts for the Times1834 Oxford Tract1836 Little Red Book1966 1834 (title) Tracts for the Times. By Members of the University of Oxford. 1868 J. T. Coleridge Mem. J. Keble (1870) xii. 276 It was Mr. Benson..who gave the authors and favourers of the Tracts the perfectly inoffensive name of Tractarian. 1881 J. A. Froude Short Stud. (1883) 4th Ser. 175 These were the views which we used to hear when the Tracts were first beginning. 1893 H. P. Liddon et al. Life E. B. Pusey I. xii. 277 The first Tracts are dated at the beginning of September (1833). They were generally short, several keeping within the suggested limit of four pages: they were chiefly concerned with the constitution, ordinances, and services of the Church. 1927 A. H. McNeile Introd. N.T. 95 The Tübingen conception of the book [sc. the Acts of the Apostles] as a tract for the times mediating between the Judaic and the Pauline factions. 1979 E. H. Gombrich Sense of Order ii. 41 As a tract for the times the Seven Lamps failed to achieve Ruskin's aim of bringing the conditions of the Middle Ages back to industrialized England. c. attributive and in other combinations, as (in sense 3) tract-distributing adj., tract distribution, tract-led adj., tract society; (in sense 3b, with capital T) Tract divine, Tract doctrine, Tract man, Tract movement, Tract system, Tract-writer. ΚΠ 1760 Pratt in J. Adams Wks. (1850) II. 97 I should be very sorry to have the Tract Society dissolved. 1806 W. L. Bowles Banwell Hill ii. 360 The tract-led Miss, Who trots to every Bethel club. 1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master viii. Argt. 18 Let them, if they perceive impiety, Transmit it to the Tract Society. 1841 S. Wilberforce Let. 30 Mar. in A. R. Ashwell Life S. Wilberforce (1880) I. vi. 217 You know my dread of the ‘Tract’ doctrine of Reserve. 1843 Christian Lady's Mag. 20 211 The opinions of Oxford-tract men..upon the divine efficacy of Sacraments. 1843 Christian Lady's Mag. 20 271 The pernicious errors broached.., by the Tract-writers of Oxford. 1846 D. Wilson Exp. Lect. Col. ii. 20 (note) The Tract divines add to the three essentials required in the XIXth article a fourth. 1869 W. P. Mackay Grace & Truth (1875) 43 Tract-distributors and pick-pockets. 1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) (at cited word) In this sense the word is frequently adjectivally used; as, tract society,..tract distribution, etc. 1893 H. P. Liddon et al. Life E. B. Pusey I. xii. 414 It was natural for the Tract-writers to honour the Fathers of the Church. II. Senses relating to negotiation or trade. a. Negotiation, treating; a treaty. Cf. tractate n. 2. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun] > diplomatic negotiation embassadryc1425 ambassadry?a1439 entreating?a1439 entreaty1447 tract1501 entreatisea1513 entreatment?1520 embassy1549 ambassadya1597 ambassy1625 negotiation1702 dialogue1890 society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [noun] > treaty composition1387 treaty1430 treatisea1464 tract1501 convention1603 1501 in Lett. Rich. III & Hen. VII (Rolls) I. 135 The kinges majestie had sent to him his seal for tract of pais bytwixt his grace and H. 1502 in Lett. Rich. III & Hen. VII (Rolls) I. 147 A tracte of accorde. b. Trade, traffic [compare Portuguese trato dealing, trade] . Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > [noun] mongingOE cheapinga1000 cheapOE chaffer?c1225 merchandisea1300 market-making1340 merchandyc1350 corseriec1380 chafferinga1382 need-doinga1382 changea1387 chapmanhoodc1386 cossery?a1400 bargaining1401 merchandisinga1425 merchandrya1450 intercourse1473 business1478 chapmanry1483 the feat of merchandisec1503 market1525 trade1549 marting1553 contractation1555 trading1556 merchantryc1560 marketing1561 mart1562 trafficking1570 contraction1582 tract1582 nundination1586 commerce1587 chafferya1599 negotiation1601 intertraffica1603 traffic1603 commercery1604 intertrading1606 correspondence1607 mercature1611 correspondency1613 coss?1635 negotiating1640 dealing1691 chapmanship1727 merchanting1883 intertrade1915 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias i. i. 3 They had beene in the Cayro, and understoode there much newes of Ormuse, and of theyr tract had with and into the Indies. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). tractn.2 Roman Catholic Church. An anthem consisting of verses of Scripture, usually from the Psalms, sung instead of the Alleluia in the mass from Septuagesima till Easter Eve. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > church music > hymn > kinds of hymn > anthem > [noun] > for Septuagesima tract1387 tractusa1450 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > religious or devotional > [noun] > anthem > specific anthem offertorya1387 tract1387 tractusa1450 olerie1892 1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 145 When forsoþe it was comen toward þe tracte [L. Cum autem ad versum tractus ventum fuisset] in whiche it is songen, Scitote quoniam Dominus ipse est Deus. ?c1450 in G. J. Aungier Hist. & Antiq. Syon Monastery (1840) 327 From septuagesym in to ester thys tracte Gaude Maria schal be songe at lectren. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 412/1 Gelasyus and Gregory added therto collettis and sange to the lessons and gospellys graylles tracte and alleluya. 1483 Cath. Angl. 391/1 A Tracte (A. A Tratt), sistema, tractus. 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke v. viii. 108 b The Tract Durandus saieth was deuysed by Teleophorus. 1624 A. Darcie tr. Originall of Idolatries xviii. 74 In stead of which Alleluia is sung another song called a tract, with a loud voice, and a protracted note, in a graue kind of Musicke. 1867 C. Walker Ritual Reason Why 155 These were called the Tract, from being drawn out (tractus) to a mournful cadence. 1877 J. D. Chambers Divine Worship Eng. 331 The Tract was usually a mournful Psalm, or part of a Psalm. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). tractn.3 I. Senses relating to duration or extent. a. The drawing out, duration, continuance, process, passing, or lapse of time; the course of time. Cf. Latin tractus temporum, French trait de temps. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [noun] lengtha1240 date?1316 durationc1384 hautesse1399 quantity?a1425 periodc1475 tracta1513 allowance1526 continuance1530 wideness1535 continue1556 protense1590 countenance1592 stay1595 standing1600 dimension1605 longanimity1607 longinquity1607 insisture1609 existence1615 unprivationa1628 continuity1646 protension1654 measure1658 course1665 contention1666 propagation1741 protensity1886 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lvi. f. xix This in tracte of tyme made hym welthy. 1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 4 As tract of time carieth with it a law of forgetfulnes of things past. 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 187 The seasons now in Tract were of short continuance. 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 946 We conclude this art..to be very ancient, and derived to us by long tract of time. 1676 M. Hale Contempl. Moral & Divine i. 294 In the tract of long life a man is sure to meet with more sicknesses. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. ii. §30 45 Which being perpetually inculcated, in the Tract of a few Years, created in the People prodigious Resentments. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun] longingeOE bideOE abodec1225 bodea1300 demura1300 dwella1300 litinga1300 delayc1300 delayingc1300 demurrancec1300 but honec1325 without ensoignec1325 abidec1330 dretchingc1330 dwellingc1330 essoinc1330 tarrying1340 litea1350 delaymenta1393 respitea1393 oversettinga1398 delayancea1400 delitea1400 lingeringa1400 stounding?a1400 sunyiea1400 targea1400 train?a1400 deferring14.. dilation14.. dayc1405 prolongingc1425 spacec1430 adjourningc1436 retardationc1437 prolongation?a1439 training1440 adjournment1445 sleuthingc1450 tarry1451 tarriance1460 prorogation1476 oversetc1485 tarriage1488 debaid1489 supersedement1492 superseding1494 off-putting1496 postponing1496 tract1503 dilating1509 sparinga1513 hafting1519 sufferance1523 tracking1524 sticking1525 stay1530 pause1532 protraction1535 tracting1535 protract of time1536 protracting1540 postposition1546 staying1546 procrastination1548 difference1559 surceasing1560 tardation1568 detract1570 detracting1572 tarryment1575 rejourning1578 detraction1579 longness1579 rejournment1579 holding1581 reprieving1583 cunctation1585 retarding1585 retardance1586 temporizing1587 by and by1591 suspensea1592 procrastinatinga1594 tardance1595 linger1597 forslacking1600 morrowing1602 recess1603 deferment1612 attendance1614 put-off1623 adjournal1627 fristing1637 hanging-up1638 retardment1640 dilatoriness1642 suspension1645 stickagea1647 tardidation1647 transtemporation1651 demurragea1656 prolatation1656 prolation1656 moration1658 perendination1658 offput1730 retardure1751 postponement1757 retard1781 traverse1799 tarrowing1832 mañana1845 temporization1888 procrastinativeness1893 deferral1895 traa dy liooar1897 stalling1927 heel-tapping1949 off-put1970 1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 28 Preamble By whiche longe tracte of tyme the seid sueters..shulde be disconforted. 1523 T. Wolsey Let. in R. Fiddes Life Wolsey (1724) Collect. 94 That no tract or deley bee used therein. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxx. xvi. 751 They sought for nothing else but delaies and tract of time. c. A space or extent of time, a period. (In later use regarded as transferred from sense 3.) ΘΚΠ the world > time > [noun] > stretch, period, or portion of time tidea900 while971 fristOE stemOE throwOE timeOE selea1250 piecec1300 termc1300 stagea1325 whilesc1330 space?a1400 racec1400 spacec1405 termine1420 parodya1425 timea1425 continuancec1440 thrallc1450 espace1483 space of timec1500 tracta1513 stead1596 reach1654 amidst1664 stretch1698 spell1728 track1835 lifetime1875 time slice1938 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cii. f. xli Theodebertus, the whiche of his..vncles was greuously warred by longe tracte of tyme. 1524 T. Wolsey in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. iv. 53 Considering the tract of time that is requisite. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. lxxx This short tyme and smal tract of my mortal life. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 143 A tract of three hundred sixty and foure yeares. 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 169 Waiting for a long tract of serene weather, which may not come. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xlv. 68 A lifelong tract of time reveal'd. View more context for this quotation 1853 F. D. Maurice Prophets & Kings Old Test. iii. 43 Utterly unlike and separated by tracts of time and space. 1867 F. T. Palgrave Hymns 25 Dim tracts of time divide Those golden days from me. 2. The continuance or continued duration of some action or state; the course or continuity of a narrative, etc.; a continued series. Now rare or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [noun] > long duration or lasting through time > of some action or state tracta1586 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. K2v The whole tract of a Comedy, shoulde be full of delight. 1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1632) 178 Yet tract of affliction, much misery, often over-reaching by subtilty of adversaryes, doth finally purge out those grosse-witted humours. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 407 They had wrot the whole tract of his abhominable vices to the Emperour. 1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 307 I do not remember that we read the name of either Dice or Gaming in the tract of either Scripture. 1679 in O. Airy Lauderdale Papers (1885) III. 261 A long continued tract of violence and oppressione upon ws. a1767 W. Macfarlane Geneal. Coll. (1900) II. 310 He caused Apprehend and Execute at Crief for a train and Tract of Depredations MacRobertus Strowanus. 1773 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. I. i. i. §47 An uniform tract of decisions of the court of session..is..accounted as part of our customary law. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. ix. i. 393 Perhaps a sudden tract of good fortune..would have made me too proud. 3. a. A stretch or extent of territory, etc.; a space or expanse of land (more rarely, of water, air, etc.); a region, district. Cf. Latin tractus. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [noun] endc893 shirec893 estrec1275 sidec1325 bounds1340 provincea1382 partc1400 landmark1550 tract1553 canton1601 neighbourhood1652 district1712 section1785 circumscription1831 location1833 block1840 strip1873 1553 R. Eden in tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India Pref. sig. aaviijv The narrowe tracte of the Sea by the coastes of Grouelande. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 126 All the Northerne tract of Britaine. 1654 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. Bentivoglio Compl. Hist. Warrs Flanders 73 The Ocean first washing the said two Provinces for a long trackt of ground. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 113 This vast Tract of Land. 1776 A. M. Toplady in Gospel Mag. Mar. 132 When I soar through tracts unknown. 1814 T. Chalmers Evid. Christian Revel. x. 278 Those remote tracts beyond the limits of our astronomy. 1845 J. Phillips & C. G. B. Daubeny Geol. in Encycl. Metrop. VI. 564/2 The great central plateau..is chiefly a granitic and porphyritic tract. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xiii. 120 I spied a tract of water..which..boiled white all over. b. Natural History, etc. A region or area of some natural structure, as a mineral formation, or the body of an animal or plant; most commonly one extending longitudinally (cf. 8).spec. (a) Anatomy. The whole extent of an organ or system of organs, as the alimentary or digestive tract, or a continuous longitudinal structure, such as one strand or division of a nerve-cord; esp. applied to particular regions of the brain or spinal cord, as the olfactory tract, optic tract, pyramidal tract, etc. Cf. fibre tract n. at fibre n. Compounds 2. (b) Ornithology. A feathered area of the skin of a bird (= pteryla n.), as distinguished from a featherless space. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > [noun] tract1681 entrail1760 member1875 the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > specific areas or structures > [noun] tract1681 zone1811 the world > life > the body > part of body > [noun] > region steadc1000 regiona1398 zona1706 territory1824 tract1841 1681 S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Anat. Brain in Five Treat. xiii. 101 Out of the same tract of the oblong Marrow, lesser paths are carried outwardly, here and there, by particular Nerves, arising from the same, within the Skull. 1803 C. Bell Anat. Human Body III. i. iii. 115 It [sc. the olfactory nerve] takes its origin by three medullary tracts. 1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy II. 442 This pumice..commonly lies in long tracts, in the direction of which its vesicles are sometimes lengthened. 1841 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom xvii. 340 The probable existence..of distinct tracts of nervous matter in the composition of the central chain of ganglia. 1867 W. S. Dallas tr. C. L. Nitzsch Pterylography 3 The feathered regions of the bodies of birds, to which I give the name of feather-tracts (pterylæ, Federnfluren [sic]). 1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 127 General congestion of the alimentary tract. 1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III at Pterylosis The principal pterylæ or feathered tracts are as follows:—(1) Spinal tract... (2) Ventral tract... (3) Neck-tract [etc.]. 1959 W. Andrew Textbk. Compar. Histol. xiv. 566 As one ascends the vertebrate scale, the bundles of white matter or ‘tracts’ make their appearance running through the gray. 1974 M. C. Gerald Pharmacol. x. 189 Ascending nerves transmit sensory impulses up the spinal cord, whereas descending tracts send instructions to effector cells via motor fibers. c. U.S. A plot of land with definite boundaries, esp. one for development; hence, an estate. So tract home, tract house. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > [noun] > site of or for (a) building(s) toft1001 stead1246 sole1417 sitea1443 plota1450 toftstead1524 ground-plat?a1560 ground-plot1580 seat1615 parterre1671 building-lot1701 emplacement1780 steading1822 building-place1839 block1840 subdivision1857 building-ground1858 building-estate1885 building-land1905 island site1907 island plot1908 tract1912 1912 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 20 Oct. iv. 6/2 Trading in farm land last week was devoted chiefly to small tracts. There were, however, several large parcels. 1940 S. L. McMichael Selling Real Estate (rev. ed.) i. 4 An owner who had a tract of land ripe for development would call in a surveyor. 1954 F. L. Wright Natural House i. 108 The plan..was for a housing project on a 100 acre tract near Pittsfield. 1963 D. B. Hughes Expendable Man iii. 72 Raw green tract houses seemed to have taken over the countryside. 1972 J. Gores Dead Skip (1973) xiv. 100 The tract home had been rented from the realty office by phone. 1973 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 31 Aug. 1/7 The defendants..were developing a tract with cooperative apartments to be constructed on one part. 1977 New Yorker 6 June 99/1 Most of his customers live in tract houses that have tiny bedrooms. 1979 Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 20 Sept. 1 b/1 The Lopezes gave up a nice home on the Northwest Side on an acre lot for a nice house on a cramped lot in one of the tracts that have sprung up in south Tempe during the last two years. 1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Sept. 1020/4 An amiable, moderately licentious fellow who readily settles down..in a newly built tract home. II. Senses relating to drawing or pulling. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [noun] tightingc1000 tolling?c1225 ticement1303 enticinga1340 ticinga1400 atticement1483 allure1534 luring1547 enticement1549 allurement1561 allurance1574 alluring1579 illurement1582 attraction1591 lurement1592 till1596 invitation1602 tract1620 illecebration1624 prolectation1625 invitement1627 inescation1645 inveiglement1653 allectation1656 tracture1658 solicitation1676 drumming1833 come-hither1835 chemistry1898 come-hitherness1918 1620 J. Pyper tr. H. d'Urfé Hist. Astrea i. vii. 226 She could feele the tracts of Loue. 1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse ii. ii. 10 in Wks. II Hell ne'r owne mee, But I am taken! the fine tract of it Pulls mee along! ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing lines > [noun] lineationa1398 tract1677 allineation1807 1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra i. iv. 23 Lines and Figures are better known from Mathematical Instruction, than by their bare tract, as written in Dust. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory i. 19/1 The Ordinaries are made, and formed of Lines diversly composed; And according to the divers Tracts and Forms, of those said Lines, they do receive a divers Shape and variation of Names. III. A material line drawn: = French trait (see trait n.). ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun] > less honourable charge > border near edge of shield > diminutives of tressurea1440 trace1486 tract1486 fillet1572 tress1577 1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. e vj b Off tractys in armys. Afore it is sayd of borduris in armys, now it folowith to se of tractis or lynys, and first of a symple tract; and they be calde tractis for as mych as the felde remaynyng of tharmys as wele with in as with owte, & an other lyne is drawyn of an other colowre..to the maner of a shelde. 1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. e vj He berith asure a playn tract of golde. 1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. e vij Thys tract is other wyle dowbull as in tharmys of the kyng of Scottelonde. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie i. v. 17 When the Field and the Circumference or Tract about the same,..be both of one metall, colour or furre, then shall you not terme it a bordure. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie ii. vi. 66 I purpose to present to your view a Threefold Orle or Tract, which doth include the twofold. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > feature > [noun] track1513 lineamenta1535 delineament1596 tract1606 miniature1630 remark1660 trait1773 signalment1779 feature1828 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 32 Th' admired Tracts of a bewitching Face. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 24 Like to the heauenly tract and resemblance of our blessed Sauiour. 1715 tr. M.-C. d'Aulnoy Wks. 193 His Hair brown, his Tracts all regular, his Teeth fine. 1775 C. Johnston Pilgrim 126 To account for some tracts in their national character. IV. Senses approaching or coinciding with those of track n. and trace n.1 8. Course, path, way, route; with of or possessive, the course or path traversed by a person, animal, or moving object: = track n. 3, 4 Now rare or Obsolete: usually expressed by track.In quot. 1799, applied to a course or channel for water. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > [noun] lodeOE wayOE gatea1300 tracea1300 raik?c1350 coursec1380 coursec1380 racec1390 line1426 fairwayc1440 tradec1480 voye1541 tract1555 track1565 career?1614 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > [noun] wayOE route?c1225 line1426 itinerary?a1475 tract1555 road1598 wad1854 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 255v If I shulde sayle by the way of the northwest wynde, I shulde by a shorter tracte coomme to India. 1616 W. Forde Serm. 28 Like a bird in the aire, whose tract the aire closeth. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 170 A loose and flying sand,..accumulated into such heaps as upon any great wind the tract is lost, and passengers (too oft) overwhelmed and stifled. 1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World vi. 201 In the tract of the Manila ship. 1798 C. Smith Young Philosopher IV. 279 Perceiving that in the lane was certainly the most beaten tract, I hurried along it. 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 302 When the tract for conveying the water has been once made with judgment, it may remain for centuries. 1843 J. Nicholson Hist. & Tradit. Tales 196 I..will pursue his tract no longer. 1865 A. Smith Summer in Skye (1880) 143 In Skye one is every now and again coming on the tract of the distinguished travellers. 9. figurative. Course (of action, etc.); manner of proceeding, way, path: = track n. 5 rare or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun] > (a) course of conduct or action wayeOE pathOE waya1225 tracea1300 line13.. dancea1352 tenor1398 featc1420 faction1447 rink?a1500 footpath1535 trade1536 vein1549 tract1575 course1582 road1600 country dance1613 track1638 steeragea1641 rhumb1666 tack1675 conduct1706 walk1755 wheel-way1829 1575 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure (rev. ed.) I. To Rdr. sig. Avjv The other prescribeth a directe pathe to treade the tracte of this present life. 1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha i. xvi. 124 In the Commission of the Peace, they are both conueyed vnder this one tract of speach. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion To Rdr. sig. A A Poeme..whose vnusuall tract may perhaps seeme difficult, to the female Sex. 1632 J. Featley Honor of Chastity 19 Let it suffice that I walke in the vulgar tract, and divide sinne onely into originall and actuall. 1677 M. Hale Contempl. ii. 25 In the same path and tract which leads us to Glorifie God, which is our Duty. 1752 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) II. 23 Any particular thought which breaks in upon the regular tract, or chain of ideas. 1850 H. Miller Scenes & Legends N. Scotl. (ed. 2) xxvii. 394 Men..who, seeing nothing very knowing in simple honesty, exert their ingenuity in the opposite tract. 10. a. A mark or impression marking the course of a person, animal, or thing; a footprint, trail: = trace n.1 4, 5: cf. track n. 1. Now rare or Obsolete; usually expressed by track. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [noun] > left by the passage of something > of a person or animal > track of footprints > footprint trod946 lastOE foot sporeOE tread?c1225 stepc1290 footstepa1300 solec1325 tracta1547 footprint1552 traces1552 footing1563 foot track1600 accub1623 vestigating1634 vestige1656 seal1686 sign1692 footmark1756 stabble1863 pelmatogram1890 paw print1894 a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Di A blasing sterre, dragging a brand or flame..By a long tract appointing vs the way. 1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare iii. 204 There appeared..ye very tractes, and steppes of Christes feete. 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 390/1 Orbita, the trace, tract, or furrow of a cart wheele. 1595 Blanchardine & Eglantine v. B j b He had not ridden long, but he perceiued the tracktes & footsteps of a horse. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) i. i. 50 But flies an Eagle flight..Leauing no Tract behinde. View more context for this quotation 1632 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 2) iii. xiv. 175 Termes of footing or treading... That of a Fallow Deere [or] Boare is termed Tract or Treading. 1709 W. Dampier Contin. Voy. New-Holland i. 35 I saw the Tract of an Alligator here. 1807 in Halliwell Life Shaks. (1887) II. 143 There was only one waggon tract along the lane. a1856 H. Miller Testimony of Rocks (1857) xi. 435 I was struck..to see how nearly the tract of a small shore crab along the wet sand, resembled them. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > [noun] > pursuit > of a criminal or fugitive tract1542 track1617 1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII c. 26 §47 If any goodes..be stolen..thenne upon suite therof hadde and made, the tracte shalbe folowed from Towneshipp to Towneship. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [noun] signa1382 stepa1382 ficchingc1384 marka1400 tracesc1400 scentc1422 footstep?a1425 tidinga1440 relicc1475 smell?a1505 stead1513 vestigy1545 print1548 token1555 remnant1560 show1561 mention1564 signification1576 footing?1580 tract1583 remainder1585 vestige1602 wrack1602 engravement1604 footstepping1610 resent1610 ghost1613 impression1613 remark1624 footprint1625 studdle1635 vestigium1644 relict1646 perception1650 vestigiary1651 track1657 symptom1722 signacle1768 ray1773 vestigia1789 footmark1800 souvenir1844 latent1920 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie clxviii. 1040 Wee shall be handled with such rigour as shall make all them to tremble which see but the tracts thereof. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 281 Walles, which, as men may see by their tract, tooke up a mile in circuit. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 225 But no tract therof [of the Labyrinth] remained in the days of Pliny. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. x. 37 To obscure the diviner part, and efface all tract of its traduction. View more context for this quotation 1698 J. Crull Antient & Present State Muscovy I. 57 The Ruins appear now in some places six foot high,..the Tract being quite lost in others. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † tractv.1 Obsolete. 1. transitive. To negotiate: = treat v. 1b. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement with [verb (transitive)] > negotiate setc900 treat1357 merchantc1400 tract1508 article1526 capitulate1567 articulate1602 to stand with ——1616 huckster1642 traffica1649 transact1654 negotiate1720 renegotiate1787 1508 in Lett. Richard III & Henry VII (1861) I. 451 The l[ove and kindnes] that have been used in the tracting of our said mariage. 2. To deal with in speech or writing; to discuss or discourse (transitive, or intransitive with of): = treat v. 2a, 2b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > treatise or dissertation > write treatise about or treat of [verb (transitive)] writeOE handleOE treatc1325 treatc1374 entreatc1425 treatise1506 tract1529 pertract1542 overharl1568 entracta1572 to speak to ——1610 1529 in State Papers Henry VIII (1834) II. 149 Whiche thinge is not to be tracted, or retracted, till the Parliament. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Tract or treat of, tracto. 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 60 The sacraments..haue ane verray highe place in Christiane doctrine, and ar necessarie to be tractit of. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 509 Of al which kind of traps shall be seuerally tracted: And first of all those which do ketch mice aliue. a1637 B. Jonson tr. Horace Art of Poetrie 202 in Wks. (1640) III The man, who after Troy was sackt Saw many towns, & men, & could their manners tract. 3. transitive. To behave towards: = treat v. 7. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > follow (a course of behaviour) [verb (transitive)] > behave towards ateec1000 leadc1175 makec1175 farec1230 beleadc1275 dightc1275 beseec1300 servec1300 treatc1374 usea1382 proceeda1393 demean1393 to deal witha1400 treatc1400 to do to ——a1425 entreat?a1425 handc1440 ferea1450 entertain1490 ray1509 to do unto ——?1523 tract1548 deal1573 to carry a strict (also severe, etc.) hand over (also upon, to)c1591 play1597 to comport with1675 to behave towards or to1754 usen1814 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xvv The Erle..so gently and familiarly vsed and tracted the vulgare people. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. xlvjv Nothinge contented that the erle of Richmonde was in his dominion so vncurteously tracted and entreated. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † tractv.2 Obsolete. I. To draw out or along. 1. transitive. To draw, pull along, haul, tow. (Superseded by track v.2) ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by drawing along > draw along or haul [verb (transitive)] drawOE traila1500 tract1523 tow1933 1523 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 328 All..goods and marchandis as shalbe labored, tracted, and adventured by ony of the inhabitants of this citie..oute of the haven and porte of the same, into ony where else. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. xi. 123 To carry a great Number of Men for tracting them up against the Stream, when the Winds are against them. 1780 Falconer's Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) at Tract-scout [= Dutch trekschuit] It is usually tracted by a horse. 1780 [see ]. 2. a. To lengthen out, prolong, protract (time); to spend or waste in delay; to delay, put off. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)] forslowc888 eldc897 forsita940 gele971 lengOE drilla1300 delayc1300 onfrestc1300 tarryc1320 jornc1330 dretchc1380 defer1382 forbida1387 to put offa1387 to put (also set) (something) in (or on) delaya1393 dilate1399 fordrawa1400 to put overc1410 latch?c1422 adjournc1425 prolongc1425 proloynec1425 rejournc1425 to put in respite1428 sleuthc1430 respitea1450 prorogue1453 refer1466 sleep1470 supersede1482 respectc1487 postpone1496 overseta1500 respett1500 enjourna1513 relong1523 retract1524 tarde1524 track1524 to fode forth1525 tract1527 protract1528 further1529 to make stay of1530 surcease1530 prorogate1534 to fay upon longc1540 linger1543 retard?1543 slake1544 procrastine1548 reprieve1548 remit1550 suspense1556 leave1559 shiftc1562 suspend1566 procrastinate1569 dally1574 post1577 to hold off1580 drift1584 loiter1589 postpose1598 to take one's (own) timea1602 flag1602 slug1605 elong1610 belay1613 demur1613 tardya1616 to hang up1623 frist1637 disjourn1642 future1642 off1642 waive1653 superannuate1655 perendinate1656 stave1664 detard1675 remora1686 to put back1718 withhold1726 protract1737 to keep over1847 to hold over1853 laten1860 to lay over1885 hold1891 back-burner1975 1527 Bp. W. Knight in N. Pocock Rec. Reformation (1870) I. xxviii. 57 The rivers not being always passable he hath of necessity tracted the time. 1529 in J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1856) I. iii. 192 The causes depending..may..be in such wise tracted and delayed, as your subjects suing in the same shall be put to importable charges. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 610 He tracted time, & gaue them leasure to prepare to encounter his force. 1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. xlix. 303 By dallying and tracting the time there shall be trouble. b. intransitive. To be drawn out or prolonged, to continue: in present participle protracted, continuous. ΚΠ 1592 [see tracting n. and adj. at Derivatives]. 3. figurative. To draw on, draw out; to induce. ΚΠ 1615 [see sense 5]. II. To follow a course, and related uses. 4. To go or travel along, tread, pursue (a path): = trace v.1 3. Cf. track v.1 3. (In quots. figurative) ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (transitive)] > traverse a distance or ground runeOE overcomeOE meteOE through-gangOE passc1300 to pass over ——c1300 overpassc1325 tracec1381 travela1393 traverse?a1400 travelc1400 measure?a1425 walkc1450 go1483 journey1531 peragrate1542 trade1548 overspin1553 overtrace1573 tract1579 progress1587 invade1590 waste1590 wear1596 march1606 void1608 recovera1625 expatiate1627 lustrate1721 do1795 slip1817 cover1818 clear1823 track1823 itinerate1830 betravel1852 to roll off1867 1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune ii. xxxv. 212 This path is but litle tracted. 1613 J. Marston & W. Barksted Insatiate Countesse i. A ij b [Death] From whose sterne Caue none tracts a backward path. 5. To pursue or follow up by the footprints or traces; also figurative: = trace v.1 5, track v.1 1. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > follow [verb (transitive)] > follow (a track or trail) > follow track or trail of troda1250 tracec1440 track1565 train1575 tract1577 hunt1579 foot1581 trail1590 to tread the feet of1596 insist1631 pad1861 sleuth1905 back-trail1907 back-track1925 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1007/2 In the ende, they brought him to tract the steppes of lewde demeanor. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. i. sig. M8v By what meanes may I his footing tract? 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vi. sig. R7 As Shepheardes curre..Hath tracted forth some saluage beastes trade [= tread]. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. vii. 3 Well did he tract his steps as he did ryde. View more context for this quotation 1615 E. Hoby Curry-combe To Rdr. 2 Hee that tracts a Fugitiue must take the By-path. 1654 R. Flecknoe Ten Years Trav. 43 Which false rumours I tracted from the very Fountain. 6. To draw, delineate: = trace v.1 11. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > represent graphically [verb (transitive)] figurec1380 draw1542 tract1611 exhibit1799 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vi. xviii. 220/1 Hauing seene it [sc. a wall] so tracted in an ancient Chorographicall Chart. 7. intransitive ? To border upon. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > be near to [verb (transitive)] > be in contact with > border on toucha1387 coastc1400 border1535 to bound on?1577 mere1577 board1596 bank1598 skirt1602 tract1612 bounder1636 buttal1642 border1647 hadland1649 line1846 1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. i. xiv. 27/1 [Of Barkshire] the South neere Kennet doth tract vpon Hampshire. DerivativesΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [adjective] tolling?c1225 ticinga1400 allectivec1487 illecebrous1531 alluring1534 tracting1535 wooing1549 enticing1553 training1557 tittling1560 luring1570 adamantine1581 baiting1585 winning1596 attractive1600 adamantic1605 adamantive1605 enticeable1607 soliciting1608 magnetic1611 invitinga1616 allurant1631 inescating1633 invitative1634 magnetical1638 invitatory1646 tractive1658 odalisque1837 Pied Piper1869 lureful1887 follow-me1888 luresome1889 come-hitherish1901 come-hither1905 come-hithery1919 invitational1922 come-hithering1935 the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun] longingeOE bideOE abodec1225 bodea1300 demura1300 dwella1300 litinga1300 delayc1300 delayingc1300 demurrancec1300 but honec1325 without ensoignec1325 abidec1330 dretchingc1330 dwellingc1330 essoinc1330 tarrying1340 litea1350 delaymenta1393 respitea1393 oversettinga1398 delayancea1400 delitea1400 lingeringa1400 stounding?a1400 sunyiea1400 targea1400 train?a1400 deferring14.. dilation14.. dayc1405 prolongingc1425 spacec1430 adjourningc1436 retardationc1437 prolongation?a1439 training1440 adjournment1445 sleuthingc1450 tarry1451 tarriance1460 prorogation1476 oversetc1485 tarriage1488 debaid1489 supersedement1492 superseding1494 off-putting1496 postponing1496 tract1503 dilating1509 sparinga1513 hafting1519 sufferance1523 tracking1524 sticking1525 stay1530 pause1532 protraction1535 tracting1535 protract of time1536 protracting1540 postposition1546 staying1546 procrastination1548 difference1559 surceasing1560 tardation1568 detract1570 detracting1572 tarryment1575 rejourning1578 detraction1579 longness1579 rejournment1579 holding1581 reprieving1583 cunctation1585 retarding1585 retardance1586 temporizing1587 by and by1591 suspensea1592 procrastinatinga1594 tardance1595 linger1597 forslacking1600 morrowing1602 recess1603 deferment1612 attendance1614 put-off1623 adjournal1627 fristing1637 hanging-up1638 retardment1640 dilatoriness1642 suspension1645 stickagea1647 tardidation1647 transtemporation1651 demurragea1656 prolatation1656 prolation1656 moration1658 perendination1658 offput1730 retardure1751 postponement1757 retard1781 traverse1799 tarrowing1832 mañana1845 temporization1888 procrastinativeness1893 deferral1895 traa dy liooar1897 stalling1927 heel-tapping1949 off-put1970 the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring > protracting or drawing out > extended in duration tracting1535 prolonged1557 long-drawn1592 spaciousa1593 lengthened1597 protracted1598 stretched1609 producted1628 continuated1632 extended1737 long-drawn-out1752 drawn-out1824 spun1869 the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > [noun] > pulling drawingc1300 draughta1398 pullinga1425 draggingc1440 halingc1440 lugging?a1500 attraction1578 toilingc1600 trainage1611 hale1615 traction1615 hauling1626 trail1674 tracting1780 haulage1826 pull1833 drawal1936 1535 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 3 Without frustrate or wilfull delaye or tractyng of the tyme. 1592 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) vii. xxxvii. 162 I heard a tracting sownd. 1615 J. Stephens Satyrical Ess. (1857) 202 The names of Foxe, Hare, and Bucke, be all tracting sillables; sufficient to furnish fifteen meales with long discourse in the adventures of each. Foxe drawes in his exploits done against Cubbes... Hare brings out his encounters [etc.]. 1780 Falconer's Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) Tracting, the act of pulling any vessel..along the stream of a canal or river, by means of a rope. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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