2. A tax or impost; tribute. [Obs.] R. of Gloucester.
TRUANCY
Tru"an*cy, n.
Defn: The act of playing truant, or the state of being truant; as, addicted to truancy.
TRUAND
Tru"and (, n. & a.
Defn: See Truant. [Obs.]
TRUANT Tru"ant, n. Etym: [F. truand, OF. truant, a vagrant, beggar; of Celtic origin; cf. W. tru, truan, wretched, miserable, truan a wretch, Ir. trogha miserable, Gael. truaghan a poor, distressed, or wretched creature, truagh wretched.]
Defn: One who stays away from business or any duty; especially, one who stays out of school without leave; an idler; a loiterer; a shirk. Dryden. I have a truant been to chivalry. Shak. To play truant, to stray away; to loiter; especially, to stay out of school without leave. Sir T. Browne
TRUANT
Tru"ant, a.
Defn: Wandering from business or duty; loitering; idle, and shirking
duty; as, a truant boy.
While truant Jove, in infant pride, Played barefoot on Olympus' side.
Trumbull.
TRUANT
Tru"ant, v. i. Etym: [Cf. F. truander.]