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  7  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Truck  \Truck\,  v.  t. 
  To  transport  on  a  truck  or  trucks. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  truck 
  n  1:  an  automotive  vehicle  suitable  for  hauling  [syn:  {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}] 
  v  :  transport  something  by  truck




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