To mark out upon the ground the lines of a field-work.
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The original position or place of a figure after that figure has been supposed to move: thus a circle is the closed line which will slide in its trace
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The intersection of a surface by a given line or surface: as, the trace of a liue is a point; the trace of a surface is a line.
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In angling, a short line or a length of gut by which the hook is attached to the reel-line; a snell; a snood; a leader.
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One of the two straps, ropes, or chains by which a carriage, wagon, or other vehicle is drawn by a harnessed horse or other draft-animal. See cut under harness.
To hitch up; put in the traces.
Nautical, a form of trice.
To draw; delineate; mark out, as on a map, chart, or plan; map out; design; sketch.
To write, especially by a careful or laborious formation of the letters; form in writing.
Specifically To copy, as a drawing or engraving, by following the lines and marking them on a superimposed sheet, through which they appear.
To cover with traced lines, as with writing or tracery.
To follow the track, trail, or path of; pursue: a general term, the verbs track and trail being more specific, as in hunting.
To follow the course of by observation of the remains or vestiges; ascertain the position, course, contour, etc., of by noting and following the traces that exist.