Track \Track\, n. [OF. trac track of horses, mules, trace of animals; of Teutonic origin; cf.D. trek a drawing, trekken to draw, travel, march, MHG. trechen, pret. trach. Cf. {Trick}.] 1. A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.
The bright track of his fiery car. --Shak.
2. A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or beast; trace; vestige; footprint.
Far from track of men. --Milton.
3. (Zo["o]l.) The entire lower surface of the foot; -- said of birds, etc.
4. A road; a beaten path.
Behold Torquatus the same track pursue. --Dryden.
5. Course; way; as, the track of a comet.
6. A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
7. (Railroad) The permanent way; the rails.
8. [Perhaps a mistake for tract.] A tract or area, as of land. [Obs.] ``Small tracks of ground.'' --Fuller.
{Track scale}, a railway scale. See under {Railway}.
Track \Track\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {tracked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {tracking}.] To follow the tracks or traces of; to pursue by following the marks of the feet; to trace; to trail; as, to track a deer in the snow.
It was often found impossible to track the robbers to their retreats among the hills and morasses. --Macaulay.
2. (Naut.) To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a line, men or animals on shore being the motive power; to tow.
Gauge \Gauge\, n. [Written also gage.] 1. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.
This plate must be a gauge to file your worm and groove to equal breadth by. --Moxon.
There is not in our hands any fixed gauge of minds. --I. Taylor.
2. Measure; dimensions; estimate.
The gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt. --Burke.
3. (Mach. & Manuf.) Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button maker's gauge.
4. (Physics) Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical elements at any moment; -- usually applied to some particular instrument; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge.
5. (Naut.) (a) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind; as, a vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it. (b) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water. --Totten.
6. The distance between the rails of a railway.
Note: The standard gauge of railroads in most countries is four feet, eight and one half inches. Wide, or broad, gauge, in the United States, is six feet; in England, seven feet, and generally any gauge exceeding standard gauge. Any gauge less than standard gauge is now called narrow gauge. It varies from two feet to three feet six inches.
7. (Plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting.
8. (Building) That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles.
{Gauge of a carriage}, {car}, etc., the distance between the wheels; -- ordinarily called the {track}.
{Gauge cock}, a stop cock used as a try cock for ascertaining the height of the water level in a steam boiler.
{Gauge concussion} (Railroads), the jar caused by a car-wheel flange striking the edge of the rail.
{Gauge glass}, a glass tube for a water gauge.
{Gauge lathe}, an automatic lathe for turning a round object having an irregular profile, as a baluster or chair round, to a templet or gauge.
{Gauge point}, the diameter of a cylinder whose altitude is one inch, and contents equal to that of a unit of a given measure; -- a term used in gauging casks, etc.
{Gauge rod}, a graduated rod, for measuring the capacity of barrels, casks, etc.
{Gauge saw}, a handsaw, with a gauge to regulate the depth of cut. --Knight.
{Gauge stuff}, a stiff and compact plaster, used in making cornices, moldings, etc., by means of a templet.
{Gauge wheel}, a wheel at the forward end of a plow beam, to determine the depth of the furrow.
{Joiner's gauge}, an instrument used to strike a line parallel to the straight side of a board, etc.
{Printer's gauge}, an instrument to regulate the length of the page.
{Rain gauge}, an instrument for measuring the quantity of rain at any given place.
{Salt gauge}, or {Brine gauge}, an instrument or contrivance for indicating the degree of saltness of water from its specific gravity, as in the boilers of ocean steamers.
{Sea gauge}, an instrument for finding the depth of the sea.
{Siphon gauge}, a glass siphon tube, partly filled with mercury, -- used to indicate pressure, as of steam, or the degree of rarefaction produced in the receiver of an air pump or other vacuum; a manometer.
{Sliding gauge}. (Mach.) (a) A templet or pattern for gauging the commonly accepted dimensions or shape of certain parts in general use, as screws, railway-car axles, etc. (b) A gauge used only for testing other similar gauges, and preserved as a reference, to detect wear of the working gauges. (c) (Railroads) See Note under {Gauge}, n., 5.
{Star gauge} (Ordnance), an instrument for measuring the diameter of the bore of a cannon at any point of its length.
{Steam gauge}, an instrument for measuring the pressure of steam, as in a boiler.
{Tide gauge}, an instrument for determining the height of the tides.
{Vacuum gauge}, a species of barometer for determining the relative elasticities of the vapor in the condenser of a steam engine and the air.
{Water gauge}. (a) A contrivance for indicating the height of a water surface, as in a steam boiler; as by a gauge cock or glass. (b) The height of the water in the boiler.
{Wind gauge}, an instrument for measuring the force of the wind on any given surface; an anemometer.
{Wire gauge}, a gauge for determining the diameter of wire or the thickness of sheet metal; also, a standard of size. See under {Wire}.
A woman was in critical condition today after nine hours of surgery to receive a new liver, following a plea from track star Carl Lewis to help locate an organ.
Stanley Chesley, the lead lawyer for the residents, has said lawyers expect the monitoring will last 30 to 40 years and track such things as lung cancer and kidney diseases usually associated with uranium pollution.
The first episode, "The Taste of Democracy," examines the foundations of perestroika, using excellent archival photos and footage to track Gorbachev's rise to power and the systemic failure of the Soviet bureaucracy.
This year, however, Pohanka Hyundai is on track to sell fewer than 800 cars.
The company stumbled last year because of a tough product transition and the recession, but he thinks it is back on track.
"Since the best quality track is usually found on lines connecting and traversing large population centers, the Energy Department is generally forced to choose between using higher quality track and avoiding high population areas," the report said.
"Since the best quality track is usually found on lines connecting and traversing large population centers, the Energy Department is generally forced to choose between using higher quality track and avoiding high population areas," the report said.
In the Dutch study, Dr. Goudsmit and his team kept track of neurological symptoms in 196 AIDS patients between 1982 and 1988.
They often said the guerrillas were operating across the border and underground, and couldn't be kept track of.
The storm was expected to track across Minnesota and Wisconsin.
UtiliCorp said despite the declines in the second quarter, it is still "on track" for a solid year, provided it receives adequate rate relief for its Missouri Public Service division in the fourth quarter.
Horner had said he was impressed by the toughness of the Soviet players, most of whom are good athletes who play basketball, volleyball, or compete in track.
At every race, dozens of security men ring the track, binoculars at their eyes.
After 1968, Alpe d'Huez restored one of its sunnier ski slopes by knocking down the bobsleigh course, while the ski jump at St Nizier was left to rot, and a speed skating track at Grenoble closed for lack of support.
Texas Air is a dedicated airline builder with a substantial track record.
The report marked the first effort to track the health of minority groups other than black Americans since 1967, when the department began compiling statistics on the nation's health.
Even in the face of popular demands for equitable growth and foreign pressure for trade liberalization, analysts agree the Korean economy isn't likely to be knocked off track.
THE western part of Germany is poised to be 'back on the growth track' next year, Deutsche Bank's chief economist predicted yesterday.
"This is a freight train coming down the track" from Congress, said one senior administration official, speaking only on condition of anonymity. "There is plenty of impetus.
"This is a very positive sign that management is moving aggressively and will stop at nothing to get back on track," said Stephen Balog, a Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc. analyst.
"Last year I bought so much stuff, I couldn't even keep track of how much I'd spent, and I put $400 to $500 on credit cards," Mrs. Janes said at the start of the shopping season.
MTI said train traffic was restored on one track by 3:30 p.m.
Mike and Harry have lost track of the cars they've pulled from the mud over the years, a habit of helpfulness that was to cost them.
In another instance, lawyers from two firms had to keep track of a train car full of jeans and other clothes from California to Brooklyn.
The singer's desire to let people see the "real" Bobby Brown was tested by the title track.
(Mondeo is shorter than Sierra, but its wheelbase is longer and the track wider).
Mr. Gold, an avid reader who has two children and lives in Beverly Hills, can often be found huffing and puffing on a UCLA track beside Mr. Wells or longtime friend and Gang Tyre partner Mark Siegel.
But he knows a lot of people are anxious, and Haughey feels the best way to allay those concerns _ especially economic ones _ is to wrap Germany into the European Community, which is on a fast track to economic union.
Yuppie mothers-to-be who try to put their children on the fast track by talking to them in the womb may be on the right track.
Yuppie mothers-to-be who try to put their children on the fast track by talking to them in the womb may be on the right track.