More or less truculent plagues.
Harvey.
Tru"cu*lent*ly, adv. In a truculent manner.
Trudge (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trudged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Trudging.]
[Perhaps of Scand. origin, and originally meaning, to walk on
snowshoes; cf. dial. Sw. truga, trudja, a snowshoe, Norw. truga, Icel.
þrga.] To walk or march with labor; to jog along; to move wearily.
And trudged to Rome upon my naked feet.
Dryden.