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trailed |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trail \Trail\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trailed}; p. pr & vb n. {Trailing}.] [OE. trailen, OF trailler to trail a deer, or hunt him upon a cold scent, also to hunt or pursue him with a limehound, F. trailler to trail a fishing line probably from a derivative of L. trahere to draw; cf L. traha a drag, sledge, tragula a kind of drag net, a small sledge, Sp trailla a leash, an instrument for leveling the ground, D. treilen to draw with a rope, to tow, treil a rope for drawing a boat. See {Trace}, v. t.] 1. To hunt by the track; to track.
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