A trace of something that is disappearing or no longer there; a vestige; a remnant. Frequently (now chiefly) in negative phrases, as no sign of, not a…

figurative. A trace, vestige; mark or indication left by anything material or immaterial. Obsolete. (Cf. footstep, n. 2.)

in quot. 1384 concrete the place where anything is fixed, the ‘print’.

A vestige, a trace. Obsolete.

plural. Vestiges or marks remaining and indicating the former presence, existence, or action of something; singular a vestige, an indication. Also t…

The characteristic odour of a person or animal by which hunting dogs or other animals are able to detect and track their quarry; (hence) a track or…

figurative. A mark, impression, or indication left by someone or something; a vestige, a trace; = step, n.1 9b. Cf. footstepping, n.

figurative. Indications, traces. Obsolete. rare.

A surviving trace of some practice, fact, idea, quality, etc. In early use usually in plural; now usually in singular.

figurative. A trace, suggestion, or tinge of something. Also without article, or with adjective. Hence, the special, indefinable, or subtle…

Scottish. A mark, imprint, vestige. Chiefly plural.

A vestige or trace.

A vestige, a trace; an indication. Obsolete.

Something remaining as evidence of what formerly existed; a vestige, trace, ‘sign’. Obsolete.

A remaining trace or survival of some quality, belief, condition, or state of things.

An indication or sign of a fact, quality, etc.; a trace or vestige of something. Chiefly with of. Later only in negative contexts. Now rare…

British regional in later use. Indication, evidence; a vestige, trace, remnant.

An indication or trace of a physical thing. Obsolete.

figurative. An example or precedent set by someone or something; a vestige, trace, or indication. Cf. footstep, n. 2. Obsolete.

A mark remaining where something has been; an indication, vestige (literal or figurative): = trace, n.1 6. Obsolete.

A remaining trace of a quality, feeling, or pattern of behaviour. Now rare.

A mark, trace, or visible sign of something, esp. a building or other material structure, which no longer exists or is present; a piece of material…

That which remains after the operation of any destructive action or agency; a vestige or trace left by some subversive cause. Also figurative.

The action of engraving; that which is engraved, an incised figure or inscription; also figurative an imprint, record, trace.

A vestige or trace of something; = footstep, n. 2.

A savour; a trace. rare.

A faint appearance or insubstantial semblance; a slight trace or vestige of a thing. Cf. shadow, n. 6h.

A mark, trace, indication. Obsolete.

A mark or indication of a quality; a remaining trace of something. Obsolete.

figurative and in figurative contexts. An impression or trace of something.

A mark or impression left by something; = staddle, n. 6. Obsolete. rare.

Const. of.

A thing or (occasionally) a person that has survived or is left over from an earlier period; a relic or trace of some era, system, belief, etc.

A perceptible trace or vestige. Obsolete. rare.

A vestige or trace.

figurative. = trace, n.1 6 7 Obsolete.

With negative expressed or implied: A slight, or the least, sign of something; a trace, vestige.

Scottish. A trace, a vestige; (also) a small quantity. Cf. sign, n. 11.

A trace of something.

Error for vestigium, n.

figurative. An impression or indication left by someone or something; a vestige, a trace.

A slight trace or vestige of something. Obsolete. rare.

In forensic science: a latent impression (see sense A. 7b); esp. a latent fingerprint.