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7 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trace \Trace\, n. (Mech.) A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting motion, esp. from one plane to another; specif., such a piece in an organ-stop action to transmit motion from the trundle to the lever actuating the stop slider. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Primitive \Prim"i*tive\, a. [L. primitivus fr primus the first: cf F. primitif. See {Prime}, a.] 1. Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first as primitive innocence; the primitive church. ``Our primitive great sire.'' --Milton. 2. Of or pertaining to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity; as a primitive style of dress. 3. Original; primary; radical; not derived; as primitive verb in grammar. {Primitive axes of co["o]rdinate} (Geom.), that system of axes to which the points of a magnitude are first referred, with reference to a second set or system, to which they are afterward referred. {Primitive chord} (Mus.), that chord, the lowest note of which is of the same literal denomination as the fundamental base of the harmony; -- opposed to derivative. --Moore (Encyc. of Music). {Primitive circle} (Spherical Projection), the circle cut from the sphere to be projected, by the primitive plane. {Primitive colors} (Paint.), primary colors. See under {Color}. {Primitive Fathers} (Eccl.), the acknowledged Christian writers who flourished before the Council of Nice, A. D. 325. --Shipley. {Primitive groove} (Anat.), a depression or groove in the epiblast of the primitive streak. It is not connected with the medullary groove, which appears later and in front of it {Primitive plane} (Spherical Projection), the plane upon which the projections are made generally coinciding with some principal circle of the sphere, as the equator or a meridian. {Primitive rocks} (Geol.), primary rocks. See under {Primary}. {Primitive sheath}. (Anat.) See {Neurilemma}. {Primitive streak} or {trace} (Anat.), an opaque and thickened band where the mesoblast first appears in the vertebrate blastoderm. Syn: First original; radical; pristine; ancient; primeval; antiquated; old-fashioned. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trace \Trace\, n. [F. trace. See {Trace}, v. t. ] 1. A mark left by anything passing; a track; a path; a course; a footprint; a vestige; as the trace of a carriage or sled; the trace of a deer; a sinuous trace. --Milton. 2. (Chem. & Min.) A very small quantity of an element or compound in a given substance, especially when so small that the amount is not quantitatively determined in an analysis; -- hence in stating an analysis, often contracted to tr 3. A mark, impression, or visible appearance of anything left when the thing itself no longer exists; remains; token; vestige. The shady empire shall retain no trace Of war or blood, but in the sylvan chase. --Pope. 4. (Descriptive Geom. & Persp.) The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane. 5. (Fort.) The ground plan of a work or works {Syn}.-Vestige; mark; token. See {Vestige}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trace \Trace\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {traced}; p. pr & vb n. {tracing}.] [OF. tracier, F. tracer, from (assumed) LL tractiare fr.L. tractus p. p. of trahere to draw. Cf {Abstract}, {Attract}, {Contract}, {Portratt}, {Tract}, {Trail}, {Train}, {Treat}. ] 1. To mark out to draw or delineate with marks; especially, to copy, as a drawing or engraving, by following the lines and marking them on a sheet superimposed, through which they appear; as to trace a figure or an outline; a traced drawing. Some faintly traced features or outline of the mother and the child, slowly lading into the twilight of the woods. --Hawthorne. 2. To follow by some mark that has been left by a person or thing which has preceded; to follow by footsteps, tracks, or tokens. --Cowper. You may trace the deluge quite round the globe. --T. Burnet. I feel thy power . . . to trace the ways Of highest agents. --Milton. 3. Hence to follow the trace or track of How all the way the prince on footpace traced. --Spenser. 4. To copy; to imitate. That servile path thou nobly dost decline Of tracing word and line by line --Denham. 5. To walk over to pass through to traverse. We do tracethis alley up and down --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trace \Trace\, n. [F. trais. pl of trait. See {Trait}.] One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trace \Trace\, v. i. To walk; to go to travel. [Obs.] Not wont on foot with heavy arms to trace. --Spenser. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: trace n 1: a just detectable amount; "he speaks French with a trace of an accent" [syn: {hint}, {suggestion}] 2: a clue that something has been present; "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim" [syn: {vestige}, {shadow}] 3: a suggestion of some quality; "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face" [syn: {touch}, {ghost}] 4: something drawn by tracing [syn: {tracing}] 5: either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree v 1: follow discover, or ascertain the course of development of something "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba" [syn: {follow}] 2: make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "draw the outlines of a figure in the sand"; "trace an animal shape" [syn: {draw}, {line}, {outline}, {describe}, {delineate}] 3: to go back over again as of a route or steps: we retraced the route we took last summer. [syn: {retrace}] 4: pursue or chase relentlessly [syn: {hound}, {hunt}]
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