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trace1 †path, course XIII; †series of footprints, track XIV; vestige, mark XVII. — (O)F., f. corr. vb. OF. tracier (mod. tracer) :- Rom. *tractiāre, f. L. tractus TRACT3.
So trace vb. A. proceed in a line or track; B. make marks on a plan, etc. XIV. — OF. Hence tracery †place for tracing XV; intersecting rib-work in a Gothic window XVII.

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