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The queen had favored him for these lesser gifts, but the great heart of the English people loved him for the chivalric spirit _she_ valued not, and for the indomitable manliness that would not truckle -- not even to the queen.

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  1. noun A small wheel or roller; a caster.
  2. intransitive verb To be servile or submissive. See Synonyms at fawn1.

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  • He opened the door and entered There she is," said the man in a tone of pity, as he pointed to a corner of the apartment, "an' I'm afeer'd she's goin' fast Martin stepped towards a low truckle-bed on which lay the emaciated form of a woman covered with a scanty and ragged quilt. —  Martin Rattler
  • The room was a very small one, scantily furnished, with a low truckle-bed in one corner, and there, on the bed, lay the object of his quest--Isaac Leather! —  Charlie to the Rescue
  • An' he starves hisself, an' says he's not fit to live, an' calls hisself sitch awful names, an Well, well, show me his room," said Slagg, with as much decision in his tone as compelled immediate obedience In the corner of a small room, on a truckle-bed, with scant bedding, lay the emaciated form of John Shanks, alias Stumps, alias James Gibson. —  The Battery and the Boiler Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables
  • To prevent a recurrence of the kick Liz put a piece of broken plank between them on the table, and by means of a rope wound round legs and table, effectually restrained the unruly members She then returned to her place on the soaking truckle-bed, and, leaning her wet shoulders against the wall, endeavoured to think what was to be done when the return of day should enable her to act. —  The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood
  • They placed it gently on the low truckle-bed in the corner, and, removing the cover, revealed the mangled and bloody but still breathing form of Abel Bones He seemed to be a bit unhinged in his mind," said one of the men in reply to Aspel's inquiring look--"was seen goin' recklessly across the road, and got run over. —  Post Haste
 

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  1. Middle English trocle, pulley, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin trochlea, system of pulleys; see trochlea.

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  1. Early modern English troccle, from Middle English *trokel, trookyl (in comp.), from Middle Latin troclea, a small wheel, a wheel of a pulley, a pulley, from Latin troclea, trochlea, a sheaf, pulley, from Greek τροχιλέα, τροχιλία, a pulley, from τροχός, a wheel: see trochus, and cf. trochlea, trochilus. Cf. truck, as related to trochus.
  2. from truckle, n.
 

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