truant 
His buekwardnesse in the Vnluersltie h.itli *<{ him thus 
forwanl : for h:i-l lii-t- nut I nut nl> / thrrr, In- li:nl rn.t lienir 
tao llJIHtie A Dillilie. 
lip. A'arfc, Micro cosmography, \ YOIUIK Kawe Preacher. 
I !n v lost their time, and truantcd In the fundanietitall 
sr. minis of saving knowledge. 
Mil'",,, i'rclatical Episcopacy. 
II. trans. To waste or idle away. [Huns] 
I dare not be the author of truantiwj the time. 
truantingt (trii'ant-in^), (< MH. 'trnantin ; i. 
Iritiiiiiiiliii;/ ; verliiil n. of li'iiniil, r.] Same us 
Inniiiili.ti . Hum. of lltr llo.tr, 1. <J7lM. 
truantly (tni'aiit-li), </. [< truant + -lyl.} Tru- 
ant ; idle ; inclined to shirk school or other 
duly. ./;. Tuiilor. Works (ed. ls:tr>). I. 640. 
Yet heere-hence may some good accrewe, not onelie to 
truantlie schollcrs . . or to new-entred nouices . . or to 
woll-forwarde student* . . . 
Mario, It. Diet,, Up. Ded., p. [5J. 
truantly (tro'aut-li), <lr. [< truant + -///'-'. J 
As a truant, "intji. IHct. 
truantship (trO'iint-ship), n. [< truant + -ship.] 
The conduct of"a truant; neglect of employ- 
ment or study. 
I would not haue. the master either froune or chide with 
him, If the childe haue done his diligence, and vned no 
tn-mtmlMii therein. Ascham, Scholemaster, p. 27. 
trub 1 (trub), H. [See truffle.'} A truffle. 
trub 2 (trub), n. [Origin obscure.] A-slatteni. 
trublet. Au old spelling of trouble. 
truhtailt (trub'tal), n. A short, squat woman. 
.tixturiirtli. (Imp. Diet.) 
trubylyt, . A Middle English form of troubly. 
truccaget, n. An obsolete spelling of truckage 1 . 
truce (tros), H. [Early mod. E. also truse, trewse; 
< ME. tretces, treotces, triioex, truwes, truwis, 
trues, troii'i.t, h'iir.t, trim (> OF. trues), pi. of 
trewe, obs. E. true, a truce, pledge of reconcili- 
ation : see true, n. Truce is thus nil. a plural 
of true. Cf . dice, pi. of die, pence, pi. of penny, 
bodice, pi. of body.} 1. An intermission of 
hostilities; specifically, a temporary cessation 
or suspension of hostilities mutually agreed 
upon by the commanders of two opposing 
forces, generally for some stipulated period, to 
admit of negotiation, or for some other purpose. 
The batell thanne beganne new ayeyn : 
No trewys was taken ne noo poyntement, 
Butt strong feightyng and many knyghtez slayn. 
Qeneryde(&. E. T. 8.), 1. 3008. 
A temporary suspension of the operations of war at one 
or more places IB called truce or armistice. A tntce may 
be special, referring to operations before a fortress or In 
a district, or between certain detachments of armies; or 
general, implying a suspension of hostilities in all places. 
Wooltey, Introd. to Inter. Law, 1 148. 
2. Respite; temporary quiet or intermission of 
action, pain, contest, or the like. 
Take truce a while with these immoderate mournings. 
Beau, and ft., Coxcomb, iv. 4. 
Let me have truce, vexation, for some minutes. 
Shirley, Traitor, li. 1. 
3f. Reconciliation; peace. 
Behold the peacefull Doue 
Brings in her beak the Peace-branch, boading weal 
And truce with Ood. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, II., The Ark. 
Flag Of truce. See flag*. Truce Of Ood, a suspension 
of private feuds which was observed, chiefly In the elev- 
enth and twelfth centuries, in France, Italy, England, etc. 
The terms of such a truce usually provided that such 
feuds should cease on all the more important church fes- 
tivals and fasts, or from Thursday evening to Monday 
morning, or during the period of Lent, or the like. This 
practice, introduced by the church during the middle 
ages to mitigate the evils of private war, fell gradually into 
disuse as the rulers of the various countries became more 
powerful. 
truce-breaker (troVbra'ker), n. One who vio- 
lates a truce, covenant, or engagement. 2 Tim. 
iii. 3. 
truceless (trSs'les), a. [< truce + -less.} 1. 
Without truce: as, a truceless war. 2. Grant- 
ing or holding no truce ; unforbearing. 
truchmant, trudgemant (truch'man, truj'- 
maii), 11. [Also trucheniioi. Iroiiclininii, truch- 
iiii'iil, tnujmnn ; < F. trucheman, truclii uin / S|.. 
triijiimait, < Ar. tarjeman, an interpreter: see 
dniiiomaii, ilriii/inait.} An interpreter. 
The great Turke answered them by his truckman. 
Hakluyfs Voyaget, II. 91. 
Having by his trunfhinan [read trouchmanf] pardon 
crav'd. Peek, Polyhymnia. 
I am tnichinaH, and do flourish before this monsieur. 
B. Jonmn, Cynthia's Revels, v. 2. 
trucidationt (tro-si-da'shou), n. [< L. trucida 
tio(n-), < trucidare, kill.] " The act of killing. 
Cni'krram. 
truck 1 (truk), r. [< ME. trnkken, trukien, < OF. 
trni/iii-i: trorlier = Sp. trocar = Pg. trocar = It. 
ti-Hi-mri'. truck, barter (Olt. also scud); origin 
unknown.] I. intranx. To exchange; swap; 
To truck the Latin for any other vulgar Language 
but an 111 BarU-r. Umrdl, Letters, fl. 6 
0505 
barter; hence, to traffic: deal: trade by ex- 
changing commodities; Imrgain ; negotiate: 
followed with icith or for (with a person, for H 
thing). 
v -it liii would they take any money for their frulte, bat 
they woulfl trucfff /or olde shlrtes. 
Hakluyfl Vnyayet, II. 227. 
Mow brave In he ! In agardedcoat ! You were bet truck 
with him ; e'en strip, and truck presently ; it will become 
you. U. Jotuon, Bartholomew Fair, II. 1. 
II. trim*. 1. To exchange ; give in exchange ; 
barter ; swap : as, to truck knives for gold-dust. 
'I'" iniy, sel. truclte, chance and permute al and euery 
kind and kindes of ware*, marchandUes, and goods. 
Hukluyt'i Voyaget, L 2SU. 
66. 
Then died a Rambler ; not the one who sails 
And truck*, tar female favours, beads and nails. 
CraNH, Works, I. 117. 
2. To peddle ; hawk. 
We showed him the wares we brought for him, and the 
cotton yarn we had trucked about the country. 
R. finz(Arber'i Eng. Garner, I. 4ou). 
truck 1 (truk), H. [< OF. troq, true, F. true = 
Sp. trucco, trueque, exchange, barter, = Pg. 
troco, change of a piece of gold or silver, troca, 
barter; from the verb.] 1. Exchange of com- 
modities; barter. See truck system, oelow. 
And no commutation or truckc to be made by any of the 
petle uiarchants without the assent aboue said. 
llaktuyt't Voyage*, I. 228. 
The earliest form of exchange must have consisted In 
giving what was not wanted directly for that which was 
wanted. This simple traffic we call barter or truck, the 
French (roe. Jewnu, Money and Mech. of Exchange, p. 8. 
2. Traffic; intercourse; dealing. [Colloq.] 
Much other Incke we had, and after two dayes he came 
aboord, and did eate and drinke with vs very merrily. 
Quoted in Capl. John Smith'! Works, I. 82. 
3. The truck system. 
It is no doubt difficult to work the lumber trade, where 
gangs of men are despatched great distances, or the fish- 
ing trade, without some resort to truck. 
Sir C. W. DUke, Probs. of Greater Britain, I. 2. 
4. Commodities for barter or trade, (a) Small 
wares ; stuff ; goods ; gear ; belongings ; hence, rubbish. 
[Colloq.] 
Retaining Tisquantum to send from place to place to 
procure truck tor us. 
Mourt't Journal, in Appendix to New England's Me 
[mortal, p. 360. 
They gin' her a 'bundance of truck ; I don't know what 
all ; and none of 'em holp her at all. 
A. B. Langttreet, Georgia Scenes, p. 192. 
(b) The produce of a market-garden. [C. 8.1 Truck 
Act. (a) An English statute of 1881 (1 and 2 Wm. IV., c. 
37) requiring wages of workmen to be paid In coin or cur- 
rent money Instead of goods. (6) A statute of 1870(33 and 
34 Viet, c. 106), also called the Truck Commotion Act, 
which appointed a commission to Inquire Into the work- 
ing of the act of 1831. Truck system, the practice of 
paying the wages of workmen In goods Instead of money. 
This practice nas prevailed In Great Britain and else- 
where, particularly In the mining and manufacturing dis- 
tricts, tne masters establishing warehouses or shops on 
which the workmen In thru employment receive orders 
from time to time for supplies of provisions, etc., the rest 
of their wages, If any, being paid In money at the end of 
the month, or In orders which may be discounted at the 
store. In some Instances the workmen receive payment 
of their wages in money on a tacit or express understand- 
ing that they are to resort to the premises of their mas- 
ters for such necessaries as they require. Under this 
system the workmen have often to pay exorbitant prices 
for their goods, and from the great facility afforded to 
them of procuring liberal supplies of goods In anticipa- 
tion of wages, they are apt to be led into debt. The system 
was prohibited In Great Britain in 18S1, by statute 1 and 2 
William I V., c. 37, which requires that the wages of work- 
men be paid in coin or current money, and not In goods. 
The system, however, still flourishes more or leas openly. 
truck'- 2 (truk), n. [Appar. (by corruption of tro- 
ch us to * truck UN, trucks, whence the assumed sin- 
gular truck T) < L. trochus, a hoop, ML. a wheel, 
top, etc., < Gr. r^w^df, a wheel, disk: see trochux. 
Cf . truckle.} 1 . A small wooden wheel not bound 
with iron; a cylinder. 2. A wheeled vehicle. 
truck-farm 
two very low wheels near one end i m hi.1i lacks, bales, 
boxes, or other heavy packages may be tilted to In: moved 
of which there are many kinds, used for moving 
or transporting burdens, (a) A small barrow with 
Tracks. 
a, band-truck ; 4. crane-neck truck. 
from one place to another ; a sack barrow. (6) A two-, 
three-, or four-wheeled barrow used for handling baggage 
at a railway-station ; a baggage-truck, (c) A lining and 
heavy two- or four-whedi-d n-hlrlr, typically with small 
wheels and a low body, for carrying stone, Iron, and other 
heavy loads. Trucks receive a number of descriptive 
names according to th.-ii nm- IT t-omitruction, as tttmr- 
truck, cotton-truck, crane-neck truck (with a curved reach), 
huitiliuij-trurk (for moving buildings^ etc. (d) An open 
railway-wagon, used for conveying goods by rail. [Eng.l 
3. A group of two, three, or more paira of wheels 
in one frame, for supporting one end of a rail- 
way-car or locomotive; a car-truck. The frame 
carried by the four wheels of a horse-car Is also called a 
truck: but the tenn appears to be applied chiefly to the 
bogle-truck. See cut under car-truck. 
4. In gun., a circular piece of wood or metal, like 
a wheel, fixed on an axletree. for moving ord- 
nance. See eatemate-truck. 6. Acircular piece 
of wood Axed on the head of each of a vessel's 
highest masts, and having small sheave-holea 
in it through which signal-halyards are rove. 
We painted her, both Inside and out, from the truck to 
the water's edge. R. U. Dana, Jr., Before the Mast, p. S5. 
Back- truck locomotive, double-truck tank-locomo- 
tive. Sec locomotive. Hand-truck, a two-wheeled bar- 
row for moving freight It has low wheels and a pair of 
upright handles. See cat a, above. Hose-truck, a two- 
or four-wheeled vehicle for carrying fire engine hose. 
Ladder-truck, a long four-wheeled vehicle for carrying 
ladders, hooka, and other supplies of the fire-service. 
Leading truck (naut.). a small cylindrical piece of wood 
with a hole in it, seized on to the rigging as a fair-leader 
for some rope. Back-holding truck, a truck arranged to 
lioKI sacks upright while being filled. It has a hoop to 
hold the mouth of the sack open. E. //. Kniyht. Swing- 
motion truck. Nee fwiny-motvm. 
truck 2 (truk), v. t. [< truck?, n.} To put in a 
truck ; send or convey by truck : as, to truck 
cattle. 
The first run of the blood from the cut throat of the ani- 
mal is collected In round, shallow pans, which are trucked 
to cool shelves, where coagulation soon follows, and then 
the albumen Is dried and sold to button manufacturers. 
Sci. Amer., N. 8., LVHI. 876. 
truck 3 (truk), n. [< It. trucco, "a kind of play 
with balles at a table, called billiards, but prop- 
erly a kind of game vsed in England with cast- 
ing little bowles at a boord with thirteene holes 
in it " (Florio), = 8p. truque, truck, truco, a push 
at truck, also a table for playing truck ; pi. tru- 
cos, truck. Cf. troco, from the same source.] A 
kind of game (see etymology). Compare troco. 
This Is called the French game (of billiards!, and much 
resembled the Italian method of playing, known In Eng- 
land by the name of Tmckt, which also had its king at one 
end of the table. Struct, Sports and Pastimes, p. 397. 
truckage 1 (truk'aj), w. [Formerly also tmc- 
cage; " T truck 1 + -age.} Exchange*; barter. 
Without the truccaye of perishing Colne. 
Milttm, Reformation In Eng., II. 
truckage' 2 (truk'aj), . [< truck* + -age.} 1. 
Conveyance by trucks or wagons. 2. Money 
paid for conveying goods or merchandise in 
trucks; charge for or the expense of convey- 
ance by truck. 
truck-bolster (truk'bdl'st^r), n. (a) A beam 
or cross-timber in the middle of a railway- 
truck, attached bv a center-pin to the body-bol- 
ster, and supporting the car-body. See cut un- 
der car-truck, (b) In a six-wheeled truck, a 
frame composed of two timbers at each end 
called spring-beams, resting upon springs, and 
one in the middle called a truck-center beam, 
the center-plate being secured to it, and the 
three timbers being connected by longitudinal 
iron bars or wooden beams. 
Truckee pine. See pinei. 
trucker (truk'er), n. [<tr*ail + -rl.] 1. One 
who trucks; one who traffics by exchange of 
goods. 
Let them not in ; 
I know them, swaggering, suburbian roarers. 
Sixpenny truckm. Mautngtr, City Madam, III. 1. 
2. A truck-farmer; a market-gardener, or one 
who sells garden-stuff, especially at wholesale. 
[IT. 8.J 
truck-farm (truk 'farm), FI. A farm devoted to 
market-gardening. [1 
