‖n.; pl. Trabeae [ L. ] (Rom. Antiq.) A toga of purple, or ornamented with purple horizontal stripes. -- worn by kings, consuls, and augurs. Dr. W. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Arch.) Furnished with an entablature. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. trabs, trabis, a beam, a timber. ] (Arch.) Same as Entablature. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Trabeculae [ L., a little beam. ] (Anat.) A small bar, rod, bundle of fibers, or septal membrane, in the framework of an organ part. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a trabecula or trabeculae; composed of trabeculae. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Crossbarred, as the ducts in a banana stem. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Same as Trubu. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. trais. pl. of trait. See Trait. ] 1. One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mech.) A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting motion, esp. from one plane to another; specif., such a piece in an organ-stop action to transmit motion from the trundle to the lever actuating the stop slider. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. trace. See Trace, v. t. ] 1. A mark left by anything passing; a track; a path; a course; a footprint; a vestige; as, the trace of a carriage or sled; the trace of a deer; a sinuous trace. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem. & Min.) A very small quantity of an element or compound in a given substance, especially when so small that the amount is not quantitatively determined in an analysis; -- hence, in stating an analysis, often contracted to tr. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A mark, impression, or visible appearance of anything left when the thing itself no longer exists; remains; token; vestige. [ 1913 Webster ]

The shady empire shall retain no trace
Of war or blood, but in the sylvan chase. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Descriptive Geom. & Persp.) The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Fort.) The ground plan of a work or works. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn.-Vestige; mark; token. See Vestige. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. traced p. pr. & vb. n. tracing. ] [ OF. tracier, F. tracer, from (assumed) LL. tractiare, fr.L. tractus, p. p. of trahere to draw. Cf. Abstract, Attract, Contract, Portratt, Tract, Trail, Train, Treat. ] 1. To mark out; to draw or delineate with marks; especially, to copy, as a drawing or engraving, by following the lines and marking them on a sheet superimposed, through which they appear; as, to trace a figure or an outline; a traced drawing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some faintly traced features or outline of the mother and the child, slowly lading into the twilight of the woods. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To follow by some mark that has been left by a person or thing which has preceded; to follow by footsteps, tracks, or tokens. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

You may trace the deluge quite round the globe. T. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

I feel thy power . . . to trace the ways
Of highest agents. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence, to follow the trace or track of. [ 1913 Webster ]

How all the way the prince on footpace traced. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To copy; to imitate. [ 1913 Webster ]

That servile path thou nobly dost decline,
Of tracing word, and line by line. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To walk over; to pass through; to traverse. [ 1913 Webster ]

We do tracethis alley up and down. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]