tracingn.

Brit.

/ˈtreɪsɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈtreɪsɪŋ/

Etymology: < trace v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

The action of trace v.¹, or its result.

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.

†2. The treading of a measure; dancing. Obsolete.

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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. Fiij^v 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.

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.

†4. A timber used in building; ? a framing timber. Obsolete.

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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. A7^v 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 y^e same bridge x s.

Compounds

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.

Draft additions 1993

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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单词	tracing
释义	tracingn. Brit. /ˈtreɪsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈtreɪsɪŋ/ Etymology: < trace v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. The action of trace v.¹, or its result. 1. a. The following of traces, tracking; also †concrete (plural) traces left, tracks (obsolete). ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. †2. The treading of a measure; dancing. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ 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. Fiij^v 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. †4. A timber used in building; ? a framing timber. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ 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. A7^v 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 y^e same bridge x s. Compounds attributive and in other combinations: tracing-board n. a board on which a plan, as of a building, is traced. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. Categories » 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. ΘΚΠ 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. Draft additions 1993 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. ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022). > as lemmas ˈtracing ˈtracing adj. that traces or draws lines. ΘΚΠ 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. extracted from tracev.¹ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. extracted from tracev.³ < n.1374 as lemmas
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