1.Something drawn out or extended; expanse. "The deep tract of hell."
2.A region or quantity of land or water, of indefinite extent; an area; as, an unexplored tract of sea. "A very high mountain joined to the mainland by a narrow tract of earth."
3.Traits; features; lineaments. (Obs.) "The discovery of a man's self by the tracts of his countenance is a great weakness."
4.The footprint of a wild beast. (Obs.)
5.Track; trace. (Obs.) "Efface all tract of its traduction." "But flies an eagle flight, bold, and forthon, Leaving no tract behind."
6.Treatment; exposition. (Obs.)
7.Continuity or extension of anything; as, the tract of speech. (Obs.)
8.Continued or protracted duration; length; extent. "Improved by tract of time."
9.(R. C. Ch.) Verses of Scripture sung at Mass, instead of the Alleluia, from Septuagesima Sunday till the Saturday befor Easter; so called because sung tractim, or without a break, by one voice, instead of by many as in the antiphons.