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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TRUCK, v.i. [L. trochus, a round thing; Eng. truck.] To exchange commodities; to barter. Our traders truck with the Indians, giving them whiskey and trinkets for skins. [Truck is now vulgar.]
TRUCK, v.t. To exchange; to give in exchange; to barter; as, to truck knives for gold dust. [Vulgar.]
TRUCK, n. Permutation; exchange of commodities; barter.
1. A small wooden wheel not bound with iron; a cylinder.
2. A small wheel; hence trucks, a low carriage for carrying goods, stone, etc. Indeed this kind of carriage is often called a truck, in the singular.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling [syn: truck, motortruck]
2: a handcart that has a frame with two low wheels and a ledge at the bottom and handles at the top; used to move crates or other heavy objects [syn: hand truck, truck] v
1: convey (goods etc.) by truck; "truck fresh vegetables across the mountains"

Merriam Webster's

I. verb Etymology: Middle English trukken, from Anglo-French *truker, *troker, from Vulgar Latin *troccare, probably of imitative origin Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to give in exchange ; swap 2. to barter or dispose of by barter intransitive verb 1. to exchange commodities ; barter 2. to negotiate or traffic especially in an underhanded way ; have dealings II. noun Date: 1553 1. barter 2. commodities appropriate for barter or for small trade 3. close association or connection <will have no truck with crooks> 4. payment of wages in goods instead of cash 5. vegetables grown for market 6. heterogeneous small articles often of little value; also rubbish III. noun Etymology: probably back-formation from truckle small wheel — more at truckle bed Date: 1611 1. a small wheel; specifically a small strong wheel for a gun carriage 2. a small wooden cap at the top of a flagstaff or masthead usually having holes for reeving flag or signal halyards 3. a wheeled vehicle for moving heavy articles: as a. a strong horse-drawn or automotive vehicle (as a pickup) for hauling b. a small barrow consisting of a rectangular frame having at one end a pair of handles and at the other end a pair of small heavy wheels and a projecting edge to slide under a load — called also hand truck c. a small heavy rectangular frame supported on four wheels for moving heavy objects d. a small flat-topped car pushed or pulled by hand e. a shelved stand mounted on casters f. an automotive vehicle with a short chassis equipped with a swivel for attaching a trailer and used especially for the highway hauling of freight; also a truck with attached trailer 4. a. British an open railroad freight car b. a swiveling carriage consisting of a frame with one or more pairs of wheels and springs to carry and guide one end (as of a railroad car) in turning sharp curves • truckful noun IV. verb Date: 1748 transitive verb to load or transport on a truck intransitive verb 1. to transport goods by truck 2. to be employed in driving a truck 3. to roll along especially in an easy untroubled way

Britannica Concise

Motor vehicle designed to carry freight or heavy articles. The first truck was built in Germany in 1896 by G. Daimler. By the 1920s trucks had become a major means of freight transportation. Gasoline engines for trucks were common until the 1940s, when diesel engines generally replaced them. Trucks may be either straight (all axles attached to the frame) or articulated (two or more frames connected by couplings); large articulated trucks consist of a towing tractor and a connected semitrailer. Air brakes were added to trucks in 1918 and four-wheel brakes in 1925; later improvements included power steering.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. & v. --n. 1 Brit. an open railway wagon for carrying freight. 2 esp. US a vehicle for carrying heavy goods; a lorry. 3 a vehicle for transporting troops, supplies, etc. 4 a railway bogie. 5 a wheeled stand for transporting goods. 6 a Naut. a wooden disc at the top of a mast with holes for halyards. b a small solid wheel. --v. 1 tr. convey on or in a truck. 2 intr. US drive a truck. 3 intr. US sl. proceed; go, stroll. Derivatives: truckage n. Etymology: perh. short for TRUCKLE in sense 'wheel, pulley' 2. n. & v. --n. 1 dealings; exchange, barter. 2 small wares. 3 US market-garden produce (truck farm). 4 colloq. odds and ends. 5 hist. the payment of workers in kind. --v.tr. & intr. archaic barter, exchange. Phrases and idioms: have no truck with avoid dealing with. Etymology: ME f. OF troquer (unrecorded) = trocare, of unkn. orig.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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 wheel, as of wood or iron, for a gun carriage. 2. A low, wheeled vehicle or barrow for carrying goods, stone, and other heavy articles. Goods were conveyed about the town almost exclusively in trucks drawn by dogs. --Macaulay. 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. 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. 5. A freight car. [Eng.] 6. A frame on low wheels or rollers; -- used for various purposes, as for a movable support for heavy bodies.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Truck 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 to truck and huckster. --Burke. To truck and higgle for a private good. --Emerson.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Truck 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, garden vegetables raised for the market. [Colloq.] 3. The practice of paying wages in goods instead of money; -- called also truck system. Garden truck, vegetables raised for market. [Colloq.] [U. S.] Truck farming, raising vegetables for market: market gardening. [Colloq. U. S.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Truck 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. 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hose Hose (h[=o]z), n.; pl. Hose, formerly Hosen (h[=o]"z'n). [AS. hose; akin to D. hoos, G. hose breeches, OHG. hosa, Icel. hosa stocking, gather, Dan. hose stocking; cf. Russ. koshulia a fur jacket.] 1. Close-fitting trousers or breeches, as formerly worn, reaching to the knee. These men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments. --Dan. iii. 21. His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank. --Shak. 2. Covering for the feet and lower part of the legs; a stocking or stockings. 3. A flexible pipe, made of leather, India rubber, or other material, and used for conveying fluids, especially water, from a faucet, hydrant, or fire engine. Hose carriage, cart, or truck, a wheeled vehicle fitted for conveying hose for extinguishing fires. Hose company, a company of men appointed to bring and manage hose in the extinguishing of fires. [U.S.] Hose coupling, coupling with interlocking parts for uniting hose, end to end. Hose wrench, a spanner for turning hose couplings, to unite or disconnect them.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(trucks, trucking, trucked) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A truck is a large vehicle that is used to transport goods by road. (mainly AM; in BRIT, usually use lorry) N-COUNT 2. A truck is an open vehicle used for carrying goods on a railway. (BRIT; in AM, use freight car) They were loaded on the railway trucks to go to Liverpool. N-COUNT: usu supp N 3. When something or someone is trucked somewhere, they are driven there in a lorry. (mainly AM) The liquor was sold legally and trucked out of the state. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed prep/adv 4. If you say that you will have no truck with someone or something, you are refusing to be involved with them in any way. He would have no truck with deceit... PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. n. Barter, deal, trade, traffic. II. v. a. Barter, exchange, traffic, give in exchange, trade. III. n. 1. Barter, exchange. 2. (Colloq.) Small commodities, merchandise, wares, goods. 3. (Colloq.) Luggage.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

To exchange, swop, or barter; also a wheel such as ship's guns are placed upon.

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