tracingn.
/ˈtreɪsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈtreɪsɪŋ/ The action of trace v.1, or its result.† 2. The treading of a measure; dancing. Obsolete.† 4. A timber used in building; ? a framing timber. Obsolete.
1.
a. The following of traces, tracking; also †concrete (plural) traces left, tracks (obsolete).
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the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > [noun] > following track or trail
tracing1523
investigation1623
vestigation1658
trail1669
trailing1742
spooring1850
pugging1866
society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [noun] > left by the passage of something > of a person or animal > track of footprints
scorec1330
tracesc1330
tradea1450
steppings1573
foot track1600
vestigiating1638
tracing1657
1523 Act 14 & 15 Hen. VIII c. 10 Diuers persons..by reason of the trasinge in snow, haue killed and destroied..the same Hares, by .x.xii. or .xvi. vpon a daye.
1657 G. Thornley tr. Longus Daphnis & Chloe 116 A Wolf pursued me: where are the tracings of a Wolf?
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Training, or Tracing,..used by our miners to express the tracing up the mineral appearances on the surface of the earth to their head.., and there finding a mine.
1910 M. Gaster in Encycl. Brit. XII. 40/1 In various parts of Germany and Austria a special register is kept for the tracing of the genealogy of vagrant and sedentary Gipsy families.
b. The procedure of making a list of all the headings under which a given item occurs in an index or catalogue; an entry in such a list.
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society > communication > book > book list > [noun] > action of listing or cataloguing books
subject cataloguing1879
tracing1905
1905 N.Y. State Libr. Bull. No. 95. 582 Make slip under personal name as in 14a, following same method of tracing.
1914 N.Y. State Libr. School Cataloging Rules 32 Trace added entries on the back of the main card. Write the tracing for other cards toward what will then be the lower right corner.
1953 R. L. Collison Indexes & Indexing i. 73 Since revision [of an index]..may sometimes be necessary, it is a good policy to enter ‘tracings’ of any references made on the main slip.
1978 Fothergill & Butchart Non-Book Materials for Libraries iv. 191 Then the primary name heading and tracings for added entries and references can be given.
c. The following of the course of the cutting stylus by a reproducing stylus; usually in tracing distortion, distortion that occurs when the stylus does not describe exactly the same path as the groove owing to its size in relation to the groove.
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > [noun] > playing of records > movement of stylus
pinch effect1935
tracing1942
1942 Jrnl. Acoustical Soc. Amer. 13 276/1 (heading) Tracing distortion in the reproduction of constant amplitude recordings.
1959 Listener 26 Mar. 542/1 Turning now to the gramophone record, we find a sound source which suffers from certain well-known inherent defects, among the most important being..tracing distortion.
1961 G. A. Briggs A to Z in Audio 208 These delicately balanced arms which permit good tracking and tracing at extremely light weights give the best available quality from the finest pickups.
1975 G. J. King Audio Handbk. viii. 192 Incorrect adjustment of the lateral and vertical tracking of the pickup can also aggravate distortion; but that resulting from ‘normal’ errors is generally less than tracing distortion.
d. Computing. The process of performing a trace (trace n.1 12a). Also attributive, as tracing routine.
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society > computing and information technology > programming language > program or code > [noun] > testing > software to assist > implementation of
tracing1959
1959 M. H. Wrubel Primer of Programming for Digital Computers v. 107 Tracing is an important technique in testing programs, but it must be used in moderation.
1967 M. Klerer & G. A. Korn Digital Computer User's Handbk. i. i. 23 It is possible to build in a tracing structure into any given program.
1969 P. B. Jordain Condensed Computer Encycl. 539 It is important that the tracing routine leave intact the natural operation of the subject program.
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society > leisure > dancing > [noun]
hoppingc1290
dancec1300
dancinga1340
sallyingc1440
footinga1450
balla1571
tracing1577
orchestra1596
measuring1598
dancery?1615
saltation1623
tripudiation1623
poetry of motion (also the foot)1654
light fantastic1832
rug-cutting1937
terping1942
1577 J. Grange Golden Aphroditis sig. Fiijv It fell by course N.O. shoulde leade this trace, bycause he knewe it beste, the tracyng of this rounde requyred in the middle thereof a conge.
1596 J. Davies Orchestra xiii. sig. A5 No..sight more pleasing to behold, With all their turnes and tracings manifold.
1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. xxix. 22) 235 Of dancing and dalliance, of tracing, and tripping on the toe, we read not.
3.
a. Drawing, delineating, marking out; the copying of a drawing, etc., by means of a transparent sheet placed over it.
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society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > [noun]
tracingc1440
drawing1467
graphiology1880
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun]
tracingc1440
drawing1467
draught1551
protracture1551
delineation1570
proposition1584
delineating1603
protracting1661
iconography1678
graphic design1956
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun] > copying by tracing
tracing1815
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 499/1 Tracynge, or drawynge for to make an ymage or an other thynge (K. to make a pycture or gravynge).
1573 (title) A..treatise, wherein is..sett forthe the arte of Limming, which teacheth the order in drawing & tracing of letters, vinets, flowers, armes and Imagery.
1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 87 The Manner of Tracing, reduced to Twenty Practices.
1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 728 (heading) Tracing against the light.
1843 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 6 236/1 The slow progress of a fresco-painting, from the ‘tracing’ to the last touch.
1884 Instr. Mil. Engin. (ed. 3) I. ii. 21 The tracing of parallels and approaches is commenced in the dusk of the evening, when sufficiently dark to conceal men from the view of the besieged.
b. concrete. That which is produced by tracing or drawing; a drawing; spec. a copy made by tracing; also, the record of a self-registering instrument.
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society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > [noun] > a graphic representation
iconography1628
drawing1669
trace1744
tracing1811
bit map1973
1811 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) VII. 136 Murray..tells me that he sent after you..a tracing of a large part of Alemtejo.
1857 J. Ruskin Polit. Econ. Art ii. 127 Tracings from frescos and other large works are also of great value.
1864 London Rev. 27 Aug. 247/2 The Psychonomy of the Hand..is illustrated by tracings from living hands of various endowments.
1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xxvi. 644 A collection of such tracings will be found in the Bodleian Library.
1874 H. H. Cole Catal. Objects Indian Art S. Kensington Mus. 251 The centre [of the embroidered pattern] is occupied by a circular disc of beautiful floral tracing.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 373 The sphygmographic tracing [in melancholia] usually indicates a feeble systole.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > framework of building > [noun] > members of
pan1284
balka1300
lacec1330
pautre1360
dorman1374
rib1378
montant1438
dormant?1454
transom1487
ground-pillar?a1500
barge-couple1562
spar foot1579
frankpost1587
tracing1601
sleeper1607
bressumer1611
master-beam1611
muntin1611
discharge1620
dormer1623
mounting post1629
tassel1632
baufrey1640
pier1663
storey post1663
breastplate?1667
mudsill1685
template1700
brow-post1706
brow-stone1761
runner1772
stretching beam1776
pole plate1787
sabliere1800
frame stud1803
bent1815
mounting1819
bond-timber1823
storey rod1823
wall-hold1833
wall-strap1833
truss-block1883
sleeper-beam1937
shell1952
1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Summarie Answere to Darel Briefe Catal. sig. A7v The groundsels, the studs, the raysing peeces, the iouystes, the tracings, and all the rest of the timber belonging thereto.
1616 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 348 For ouer liggers and trasinges for ye same bridge x s.
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attributive and in other combinations:
tracing-board n. a board on which a plan, as of a building, is traced.
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society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > [noun] > drawing instruments > tables or boards
tracing-board1399
plotting board1890
tracing table1953
1399 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 17 In le loge [mason's work-shop] apud Ebor, in cimiterio, lxix stanexes, j magna kevell, xcvj chisielles ferri.., ij tracyngbordes.
tracing-braid n. ? narrow braid used in an interlacing design.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun] > braid > specific
parchment lace1542
lace1548
lacing1593
Naples lace1612
mignonette1721
struntain1793
French braid1809
lacet1822
Russia braid1825
Russian braid1839
soutache1856
mignardise1868
galloon1877
rickrack1880
Greek braid1894
vermicelli braid1904
tracing-braid1906
Paris binding1918
oak-leaf braid1934
1906 Daily Chron. 4 Oct. 3/4 The jacket was..elaborately braided with silk tracing-braid.
1906 Daily Chron. 4 Oct. 3/4 The skirt..with a girdle, braided with tracing-braid to match the jacket.
tracing-cloth n. smooth transparent linen sized on one side, used for making tracings.
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1873 E. Spon Workshop Receipts 1st Ser. 6/2 If ink or colour does not run freely on tracing cloth, mix both with a little ox-gall.
1876 W. Papworth Gwilt's Encycl. Archit. (rev. ed.) Gloss. 1334 Tracing Cloth, a fine white cloth, prepared in a similar way to paper for rendering it transparent.
tracing-house n. a house in which the plans of a building are traced.
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1374–5 in G. Oliver Exeter Cathedral (1861) 385 Custus nove domus in Calendarhay vocate ‘Trasyng hous’.
1581–2 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 118 For xj daies worke on the leades over the tracinge hows, etc., 10s. 8d.
1859 J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster Gloss. 358 Tracinge-hous, the place or room used by the draughtsman.]
tracing-instrument n. an instrument for copying any outline or plan on the same or a larger or smaller scale.
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society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > [noun] > drawing instruments > for enlarging or reducing
parallelogramc1656
pantograph1723
pantographer1750
reducing compass1778
tracer1812
eidograph1828
reducing machine1848
reduction compass1853
planigraph1877
tracing-instrument1877
1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Tracing-instrument, an instrument for copying figures on an enlarged or reduced scale.
tracing-lace n. narrow lace used in an open design; cf. tracing-braid n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > lace > other types of
masclea1425
pomet1582
loop-lace1632
colbertinea1685
coxcomb1693
trolly-lolly1693
trolly1699
piece lace1702
mignonette1751
web lace1795
guard-lace1804
Antwerp lace1811
warp-lace1812
cardinal lace1842
guipure1843
run lace1843
Shetland lace1848
lacis1865
pot lace1865
reticella1865
tape guipure1865
quadrille1884
reticello1895
tambour-lace1899
rosaline1900
ring net1901
tracing-lace1901
shadow lace1914
1901 Daily News 13 Feb. 5/1 A very long robe..trimmed with gold lace, some of it what is technically called ‘tracing-lace’, i.e., arranged in small loops placed alternately hither and thither.
tracing-linen n. = tracing-cloth n.
tracing-machine n. = tracing-instrument n. ( Cent. Dict. 1891).
tracing-paper n. (a) transparent paper for copying drawings, etc. by tracing; (b) lithographic transfer paper.
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1824 Mechanic's Mag. 31 Jan. 365/2 An excellent method to make tracing-paper.
1834 Penny Cycl. II. 203/2 The design is..copied on very thin transparent paper, called tracing-paper.
tracing pencil n.
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1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xiii. §2920 To the horizontal arm is fixed the tracing pencil.
tracing-picket n. a picket used in siege work to mark lines and angles.
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society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > [noun] > approach works > marker used in construction
tracing-picket1870
1870 Wessely Germ.-Eng. Dict. Absteckpfahl..tracing-picket.
tracing-pin n. a peg or pin used to mark out lines on the ground in setting out work.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for marking out work > [noun] > others
jointing-rule1700
tracing-pin1712
pitch-board1733
skirret1825
odontograph1838
bevelling-board1850
fencing-gauge1874
tingle1886
shadow-stick1900
1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 89 Tracing two Portions of a Circle..by means of a small Tracing-Pin fixed at the End of the Cord.
tracing-point n. (a) a point that traces or draws lines; (b) in Fretwork, a sharp tool used to mark out a design.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for marking out work > [noun] > sharp
tracer1756
scriber1781
scribe1812
tracing-point1815
scrieve1828
scribe awl1848
striking knife1901
society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > [noun] > drawing instruments > for copying or tracing
delineator1778
tracing-point1815
cymagraph1837
1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 728 Where long, straight, or parallel lines occur, the tracing point may be guided by a ruler.
tracing-staff n. see quot.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > gardening tool > other tools
tracing-staff1712
racer1778
tan-fork1859
1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 84 A Tracing-Staff..is a long strait Stick tipt with Iron at the lower End, having the Point triangular..; with this Tracing-Staff you strike out and design all the Figures of a Garden.
tracing table n. a table with a translucent top illuminated from underneath.
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society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > [noun] > drawing instruments > tables or boards
tracing-board1399
plotting board1890
tracing table1953
1953 A. H. Robinson Elem. Cartogr. v. 82/2 (caption) A tracing table with fluorescent illumination.
1978 N.Y. Times 30 Mar. b–21 (advt.) Nuarc lighted tracing table, 5 drawer blueprint files.
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tracing-thread n. in Lace-making, a heavy thread or fillet of fine threads used to form the outline of the pattern.
tracing-wheel n. a toothed wheel or roulette for marking out patterns.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [noun] > equipment > other
tagging iron1436
shaping board1442
lay-board1790
finding1856
tailor's chalk1881
tracing-wheel1894
buttonhole cutter1966
1894 J. E. Davis Elem. Mod. Dressmaking i. 7 Tracing the fitting-lines of the pattern through the doubled lining only..is now almost entirely done by tracing-wheel.
1969 Guardian 30 Sept. 11/2 Singers..stock everything for dressmaking..hem markers, tracing wheels, fastenings.
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c. Skating. The marking out of a figure on the ice when skating; also, the manner in which this is performed, and the pattern made.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skating > [noun] > figure-skating > figure > marking out of figure
tracing1921
1921 B. Meyer Skating 6 They do not get into the correct position..until they are well on the edge, with the result that the correct tracing, swing,..and beauty have gone.
1938 T. D. Richardson Ice Rink Skating i. 14 ‘Tracing’ refers to the actual drawing made on the ice, and ‘superimposition’ means the accuracy with which each drawing..is placed one on top of the other.
1957 E. Van Der Weyden Instructions to Young Skaters xi. 91 The rules for correct tracing, which are concerned mainly with circles and turns, do not apply to this test.
1967 Daily Tel. 1 Mar. 12/6 The powerful East German later narrowed the gap with her more consistent second tracing, the backward paragraph three.
1974 Rules of Game x. 234/4 The size of the figure must be approximately the same in its triple execution. Faults in the original tracing must be corrected in the succeeding tracing.
1983 J. Hennessy Torvill & Dean 169 It would be better to practise only once from the correct end of the rink, so that they would lay down one tracing to follow and not provide further ruts for themselves.
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ˈtracing
ˈtracing adj. that traces or draws lines.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skating > [adjective] > that traces or draws lines
tracing1884
1884 Instr. Mil. Engin. (ed. 3) I. ii. 21 A sapper should be stationed..to await the arrival of the tracing party.
1907 Daily Chron. 24 Jan. 8/1 The spiral..must be skated boldly,..the knee of the tracing leg rather strongly bent.
ˈtracing
ˈtracing n.2 interweaving, embroidering, braiding; also attributive.Here perhaps belong quot. 1874 at tracing n. 3b, and tracing-braid n., tracing-lace n. at tracing n. Compounds.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing
broidery1382
embroidery1393
braidingc1440
broideringa1450
surfling1490
stitching1521
surfle?1533
tracing1549
acupiction1663
1549 in Accts. Ld. High Treasurer Scotl. (1911) IX. 334 Thre score thre elnis trasing silk to the samyn coit.
1681 Scot. Proclam. 1 Mar. Silver and gold threde, silver and gold lace, fringes or tracing.
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