2. A baton, or military staff of command.

The marshal's truncheon nor the judges robe.

Shak.

3. A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce

rapid growth. Gardner.

Trun"cheon, v. t. To beat with a truncheon. Shak.

Trun"cheoned (?), a. Having a truncheon.

Trun`cheon*eer" (?), n. A person armed with a truncheon. [Written also

truncheoner.]

||Trun"cus (?), n. [L.] (Zoöl.) The thorax of an insect. See Trunk, n.,

||5.

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Trun"dle (?), n. [AS. tryndel a little shield. See Trend, v. i.] 1. A

round body; a little wheel.

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