Tract (?), n. [Abbrev.fr. tractate.] A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion.
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The church clergy at that time writ the best collection of tracts against popery that ever appeared. Swift.
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Tracts for the Times. See Tractarian.
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Tract, v. t. To trace out; to track; also, to draw out; to protact. [Obs.] Spenser. B. Jonson.
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