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trek |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trek \Trek\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trekked}; p. pr & vb n. {Trekking}.] [Written also {treck}.] [D. trekken. See {Track}, n.] [South Africa] 1. To draw or haul a load, as oxen. 2. To travel, esp. by ox wagon; to go from place to place to migrate. [Chiefly South Africa] One of the motives which induced the Boers of 1836 to trek out of the Colony. --James Bryce. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trek \Trek\, n. [Written also {treck}.] [D. Cf {Track}, n.] The act of trekking; a drawing or a traveling; a journey; a migration. [Chiefly South Africa] To the north a trek was projected, and some years later was nearly carried out for the occupation of the Mashonaland --James Bryce. {Great Trek}, the great emigration of Boers from Cape Colony which began in 1836, and resulted in the founding of the South African Republic and Orange Free State. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: trek n 1: (South African) a journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers) 2: any long and difficult trip
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