Track n.
 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. Zool. 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.  A tract or area, as of land. [Obs.] “Small tracks of ground.”
 Track scale, a railway scale. See under Railway.