Emily Dickinson Lexicon

track (-s), n. [OFr trac.] (webplay: foot, passed, road, stepping, trace).

1. Footprints; set of footsteps; trace of passing; marks left behind when one walks on a path; evidence of passing over the ground in a certain direction.
2. Way; trail.
3. Entity; [word play on “tract”]: area; zone; territory.
4. Rail; metal path of a train; [fig.] course; line.
5. Direction; mode of departure.