Sentence:  But by the tracing procedure , he could , in a strange obviously kinesthetic manner , find the unseen form ; could piece , as it were , the jumbled mass together into an organized whole and then recognize it as a <WSD>man</WSD> or a triangle or whatever it turned out to be . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)