Definition of tract

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Tract (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..

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Bistre :: Bistre (n.) A dark brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood.
Synallagmatic :: Synalepha (n.) A contraction of syllables by suppressing some vowel or diphthong at the end of a word, before another vowel or diphthong; as, th' army, for the army..
Lupuline :: Lupuline (n.) An alkaloid extracted from hops as a colorless volatile liquid.
Monesia :: Monesia (n.) The bark, or a vegetable extract brought in solid cakes from South America and believed to be derived from the bark, of the tree Chrysophyllum glycyphloeum. It is used as an alterative and astringent..
Dissocial :: Dissocial (v. t.) Unfriendly to society; contracted; selfish; as, dissocial feelings..
Astringe :: Astringe (v. t.) To bind fast; to constrict; to contract; to cause parts to draw together; to compress.
Ill-favored :: Ill-favored (a.) Wanting beauty or attractiveness; deformed; ugly; ill-looking.
Amygdalin :: Amygdalin (n.) A glucoside extracted from bitter almonds as a white, crystalline substance..
Corrugent :: Corrugent (a.) Drawing together; contracting; -- said of the corrugator.
Subduction :: Subduct (v. t.) To subtract by arithmetical operation; to deduct.
Indocile :: Indocile (a.) Not teachable; indisposed to be taught, trained, or disciplined; not easily instructed or governed; dull; intractable..
Pretty :: Pretty (superl.) Pleasing by delicacy or grace; attracting, but not striking or impressing; of a pleasing and attractive form a color; having slight or diminutive beauty; neat or elegant without elevation or grandeur; pleasingly, but not grandly, conceived or expressed; as, a pretty face; a pretty flower; a pretty poem..
Distractive :: Distractive (a.) Causing perplexity; distracting.
Affinity :: Affinity (n.) A superior spiritual relationship or attraction held to exist sometimes between persons, esp. persons of the opposite sex; also, the man or woman who exerts such psychical or spiritual attraction..
Intone :: Intone (v. i.) To utter a prolonged tone or a deep, protracted sound; to speak or recite in a measured, sonorous manner; to intonate..
Euripus :: Euripus (n.) A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide, or a current, flows and reflows with violence, as the ancient fright of this name between Eubaea and Baeotia. Hence, a flux and reflux..
Tractile :: Tractile (a.) Capable of being drawn out in length; ductile.
Attrahent :: Attrahent (n.) That which attracts, as a magnet..
Zinc :: Zinc (n.) An abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium group, extracted principally from the minerals zinc blende, smithsonite, calamine, and franklinite, as an easily fusible bluish white metal, which is malleable, especially when heated. It is not easily oxidized in moist air, and hence is used for sheeting, coating galvanized iron, etc. It is used in making brass, britannia, and other alloys, and is also largely consumed in electric batteries. Symbol Zn. Atomic weight 64.9..
Unspeak :: Unspeak (v. t.) To retract, as what has been spoken; to recant; to unsay..
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