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A small wheel or caster.

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  1. n. A small wheel or caster.
  2. v. i. To yield or bend obsequiously to the will of another; to submit; to creep.
  3. v. t. To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle.
  4. n. a low bed to be slid under a higher bed
  5. v. yield to out of weakness
  6. v. try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
  7. A small wheel or caster. Hudibras. 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. To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle.
  8. A small wheel or caster. Hudibras.
  9. v. yield to out of weakness