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Truckle \Truc"kle\, v. i. [From truckle in truckle-bed, in allusion to the fact that the truckle-bed on which the pupil slept was rolled under the large bed of the master.]

To yield or bend obsequiously to the will of another; to submit; to creep. ``Small, trucking states.'' --Burke.

Religion itself is forced to truckle to worldly poliey. --Norris.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Truckle \Truc"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Truckled; p. pr. & vb. n. Truckling.]

To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Truckle \Truc"kle\, n. [Dim. of truck a wheel; or from the kindred L. trochlea a block, sheaf containing one or more pulleys. See Truck a wheel.]

A small wheel or caster. --Hudibras.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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