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Truck
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. i.) A small wheel, as of a vehicle; specifically (Ord.), a small strong wheel, as of wood or iron, for a gun carriage.
(2):
(n.) Exchange of commodities; barter.
(3):
(v. i.) To exchange commodities; to barter; to trade; to deal.
(4):
(v. i.) 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.
(5):
(v. i.) A low, wheeled vehicle or barrow for carrying goods, stone, and other heavy articles.
(6):
(v. t.) To exchange; to give in exchange; to barter; as, to truck knives for gold dust.
(7):
(v. i.) A small wooden cap at the summit of a flagstaff or a masthead, having holes in it for reeving halyards through.
(8):
(n.) The practice of paying wages in goods instead of money; - called also truck system.
(9):
(n.) Commodities appropriate for barter, or for small trade; small commodities; esp., in the United States, garden vegetables raised for the market.
(10):
(v. i.) A small piece of wood, usually cylindrical or disk-shaped, used for various purposes.
(11):
(v. t.) To transport on a truck or trucks.
(12):
(v. i.) A freight car.
(13):
(v. i.) A frame on low wheels or rollers; - used for various purposes, as for a movable support for heavy bodies.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Truck'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/t/truck.html. 1828.
