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treck
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treck
(gcide) | Trek \Trek\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trekked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Trekking.] [Written also treck.] [D. trekken. See
Track, n.] [South Africa]
1. To draw or haul a load, as oxen.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. To travel, esp. by ox wagon; to go from place to place; to
migrate. [Chiefly South Africa]
One of the motives which induced the Boers of 1836
to trek out of the Colony. --James Bryce.
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treck
(gcide) | Trek \Trek\, n. [Written also treck.] [D. Cf. Track, n.]
The act of trekking; a drawing or a traveling; a journey; a
migration. [Chiefly South Africa]
To the north a trek was projected, and some years later
was nearly carried out, for the occupation of the
Mashonaland. --James Bryce.
Great Trek, the great emigration of Boers from Cape Colony
which began in 1836, and resulted in the founding of the
South African Republic and Orange Free State.
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Outreckon
(gcide) | Outreckon \Out*reck"on\, v. t.
To exceed in reckoning or computation. --Bp. Pearson.
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trecker
(gcide) | Trekker \Trek"ker\, n. [D.]
One that treks. [Written also trecker.] [South Africa]
--James Bryce.
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Treckschuyt
(gcide) | Treckschuyt \Treck"schuyt`\, n. [D. trekschuit; trekken to draw
+ schuit a boat. Cf. Trackscout.]
A covered boat for goods and passengers, used on the Dutch
and Flemish canals.
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