Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (n.) A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion.

2. (v.) Something drawn out or extended; expanse.

3. (n.) A region or quantity of land or water, of indefinite extent; an area; as, an unexplored tract of sea.

4. (v.) Traits; features; lineaments.

5. (n.) The footprint of a wild beast.

6. (v.) Track; trace.

7. (v.) Treatment; exposition.

8. (v.) Continuity or extension of anything; as, the tract of speech.

9. (v.) Continued or protracted duration; length; extent.

10. (v.) Verses of Scripture sung at Mass, instead of the Alleluia, from Septuagesima Sunday till the Saturday before Easter; -- so called because sung tractim, or without a break, by one voice, instead of by many as in the antiphons.

11. (v. t.) To trace out; to track; also, to draw out; to protect.