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Truck (?), n. [L. trochus an iron hoop, Gr. &unr_; a wheel, fr. &unr_; to run. See Trochee, and cf. Truckle, v. i.] 1. A small wheel, as of a vehicle; specifically (Ord.), a small strong wheel, as of wood or iron, for a gun carriage.
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2. A low, wheeled vehicle or barrow for carrying goods, stone, and other heavy articles.
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Goods were conveyed about the town almost exclusively in trucks drawn by dogs.
Macaulay.
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3. (Railroad Mach.) A swiveling carriage, consisting of a frame with one or more pairs of wheels and the necessary boxes, springs, etc., to carry and guide one end of a locomotive or a car; -- sometimes called bogie in England. Trucks usually have four or six wheels.
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4. (Naut.) (a) A small wooden cap at the summit of a flagstaff or a masthead, having holes in it for reeving halyards through. (b) A small piece of wood, usually cylindrical or disk-shaped, used for various purposes.
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5. A freight car. [Eng.]
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6. A frame on low wheels or rollers; -- used for various purposes, as for a movable support for heavy bodies.
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7. a motorized vehicle larger than an automobile with a compartment in front for the driver, behind which is a separate compartment for freight; esp. (a) such a vehicle with an inflexible body. (b) A vehicle with a short body and a support for attaching a trailer; -- also called a tractor{4}. (c) the combination of tractor and trailer, also called a tractor-trailer (a form of articulated vehicle); it is a common form of truck, and is used primarily for hauling freight on a highway. (d) a tractor with more than one trailer attached in a series. In Australia, often referred to as a road train.
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Truck, v. t. To transport on a truck or trucks.
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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 barter; as, to truck knives for gold dust.
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We will begin by supposing the international trade to be in form, what it always is in reality, an actual trucking of one commodity against another.
J. S. Mill.
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Truck, v. i. To exchange commodities; to barter; to trade; to deal.
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A master of a ship, who deceived them under color of trucking with them.
Palfrey.
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Despotism itself is obliged to truck and huckster.
Burke.
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To truck and higgle for a private good.
Emerson.
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Truck (?), n. [Cf. F. troc.] 1. Exchange of commodities; barter. Hakluyt.
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2. Commodities appropriate for barter, or for small trade; small commodities; esp., in the United States, garden vegetables raised for the market. [Colloq.]
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3. The practice of paying wages in goods instead of money; -- called also truck system.
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Garden truck, vegetables raised for market. [Colloq.] [U. S.] -- Truck farming, raising vegetables for market: market gardening. [Colloq. U. S.]
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