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• Tract — Tract, n. [L. tractus a drawing, train, track, course, tract of land, from trahere tractum, to draw. Senses 4 and 5 are perhaps due to confusion with track. See {Trace},v., and cf. {Tratt}.] 1. Something drawn out or extended; expanse. The deep… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• con|tract´ed|ness — con|tract|ed «kuhn TRAK tihd», adjective. 1. drawn together; made narrow; shortened; made smaller; shrunken: »He sat in a somewhat contracted position (G. T. Lloyd). Figurative. A very contracted summary of the voluminous records (James Mill). 2 …   Useful english dictionary

• con|tract´ed|ly — con|tract|ed «kuhn TRAK tihd», adjective. 1. drawn together; made narrow; shortened; made smaller; shrunken: »He sat in a somewhat contracted position (G. T. Lloyd). Figurative. A very contracted summary of the voluminous records (James Mill). 2 …   Useful english dictionary

• con|tract|ed — «kuhn TRAK tihd», adjective. 1. drawn together; made narrow; shortened; made smaller; shrunken: »He sat in a somewhat contracted position (G. T. Lloyd). Figurative. A very contracted summary of the voluminous records (James Mill). 2. Figurative.… …   Useful english dictionary

• Barind Tract — (alternately called the Varendra Tract in English and Varendra Bhumi in Bengali) is the largest Pleistocene era pysiographic unit in Bangladesh and the Bengal Basin. It covers most of Dinajpur, Rangpur, Pabna, Rajshahi, Bogra, and Joypurhat… …   Wikipedia

• Olfactory tract — Brain: Olfactory tract Scheme of rhinencephalon. (Olfactory tract visible at left.) Latin tractus olfactorius Gray s …   Wikipedia

• Refugee Tract — The Refugee Tracts is an area of land in Ohio, United States.izeThe history of what is known as the Tracts is somewhat confused. Historians have described it variously as to its extent and number of acres. In some statements its length from west… …   Wikipedia

• Indian removals in Indiana — began in in the early 1830s and was mostly completed by 1846. The removals were preceded by several treaties, beginning in 1795, that gradually purchased most of the state from various tribes. The removals were part of a larger nationwide Indian… …   Wikipedia

• Finland — /fin leuhnd/, n. 1. Finnish, Suomi. a republic in N Europe: formerly a province of the Russian Empire. 5,109,148; 130,119 sq. mi. (337,010 sq. km). Cap.: Helsinki. 2. Gulf of, an arm of the Baltic, S of Finland. * * * Finland Introduction Finland …   Universalium

• Neck — (n[e^]k), n. [OE. necke, AS. hnecca; akin to D. nek the nape of the neck, G. nacken, OHG. nacch, hnacch, Icel. hnakki, Sw. nacke, Dan. nakke.] 1. The part of an animal which connects the head and the trunk, and which, in man and many other… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Neck and crop — Neck Neck (n[e^]k), n. [OE. necke, AS. hnecca; akin to D. nek the nape of the neck, G. nacken, OHG. nacch, hnacch, Icel. hnakki, Sw. nacke, Dan. nakke.] 1. The part of an animal which connects the head and the trunk, and which, in man and many… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English