Webster's Dictionary 1913

5293

Trubtall

Trub″tall′ (?), n. [Prov. E. trub slut; cf. Sw. trubbig stumpy.] A short, squat woman. Ainsworth.

5294

Trubu

Tru‐bu″ (?), n.(Zoöl.) An East India herring (Clupea toli) which is extensively caught for the sake of its roe and for its flesh.

5295

Trubutarily

Trub″u‐ta‐ri‐ly (?), adv. In a tributary manner.

5296

Truce

Truce (?), n. [OE. trewes, triwes, treowes, pl. of trewe a truce, properly, pledge of fidelity, truth, AS. treów fidelity, faith, troth. See True.] 1. (Mil.) A suspension of arm...

5297

Trucebreaker

Truce″break′er (?), n. One who violates a truce, covenant, or engagement.

5298

Truceless

Truce″less, a. Without a truce; unforbearing.Two minds in one, and each a truceless guest. H. Brooke.

5299

Truchman

Truch″man (?), n. [Cf. F. trucheman. See Dragoman.] An interpreter. See Dragoman.And after, by the tongue,Her truchman, she reports the mind's each throw. B. Jonson.

5300

Trucidation

Tru′ci‐da″tion (?), n. [L. trucidatio, fr. trucidare to slaughter.] The act of killing.

5301

Truck

Truck (?), n. [L. trochus an iron hoop, Gr. � a wheel, fr. � to run. See Trochee, and cf. Truckle, v. i.] 1. A small wheel, as of a vehicle; specifically (Ord.), a small strong ...

5302

Truck (2)

Truck, v. t. To transport on a truck or trucks.

5303

Truck (3)

Truck, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Trucked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.trucking.] [OE. trukken,F. troquer; akin to Sp. & Pg. trocar; of uncertain origin.] To exchange; to give in exchange; to ba...

5304

Truck (4)

Truck, v. i. To exchange commodities; to barter; to trade; to deal.A master of a ship, who deceived them under color of trucking with them. Palfrey.Despotism itself is obliged t...

5305

Truck (5)

Truck (?), n. [Cf. F. troc.] 1. Exchange of commodities; barter. Hakluyt.2. Commodities appropriate for barter, or for small trade; small commodities; esp., in the United States...

5306

Truckage

Truck″age (?), n. The practice of bartering goods; exchange; barter; truck.The truckage of perishing coin. Milton.

5307

Truckage (2)

Truck″age, n. Money paid for the conveyance of goods on a truck; freight.

5308

Trucker

Truck″er (?), n. One who trucks; a trafficker.No man having ever yet driven a saving bargain with this great trucker for souls. South.

5309

Trucking

Truck″ing, n. The business of conveying goods on trucks.

5310

Truckle

Truc″kle (?), n. [Dim. of truck a wheel; or from the kindred L. trochlea a block, sheaf containing one or more pulleys. See Truck a wheel.] A small wheel or caster. Hudibras.

5311

Truckle (2)

Truc″kle, v. i. [From truckle in truckle-bed, in allusion to the fact that the truckle-bed on which the pupil slept was rolled under the large bed of the master.] To yield or be...

5312

Truckle (3)

Truc″kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Truckled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Truckling (?).] To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle.

5313

Truckle-bed

Truc″kle–bed′ (?), n. A low bed on wheels, that may be pushed under another bed; a trundle-bed. “His standing bed and truckle-bed.” Shak.

5314

Truckler

Truc″kler (?), n. One who truckles, or yields servilely to the will of another.

5315

Truckman

Truck″man (?), n.; pl.Truckmen (#). 1. [From Truck barter.] One who does business in the way of barter or exchange.2. [From Truck a carriage.] One who drives a truck, or whose b...

5316

Truculence

{ Tru″cu‐lence (?), Tru″cu‐len‐cy (?), } n. [L. truculentia.] The quality or state of being truculent; savageness of manners; ferociousness.

5317

Truculent

Tru″cu‐lent (?), a. [L. truculentus, fr. trux, gen. trucis, wild, fierce: cf. F. truculent.] 1. Fierce; savage; ferocious; barbarous; as, the truculent inhabitants of Scythia. R...

5318

Truculently

Tru″cu‐lent‐ly, adv. In a truculent manner.

5319

Trudge

Trudge (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Trudged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Trudging.] [Perhaps of Scand. origin, and originally meaning, to walk on snowshoes; cf. dial. Sw. truga, trudja, a sno...