TRA'CING, participle present tense [from trace.] Marking out; drawing in lines; following by marks or footsteps. Tracing lines, in a ship, are lines passing through a block or thimble, and used to hoist a thing higher. TRA'CING, noun Course; regular track or path.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI