Available Definitions:
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) v. - 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) v. - 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 befor 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 protact.