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To draw into wrinkles or unsightly folds; to crease; as, to ruck up a carpet. Smart.

Struck with awe. Milton.

A truck for railroad rolling stock, consisting of two ordinary axle boxes sliding in guides attached to a triangular frame; -- called also pony truck.

Wet and dirty; begrimed. [Obs. or Dial.] Herrick.

Driven to the heart; infixed in the mind. "His heartstruck injuries." Shak.

Horror-stricken; horrified. M. Arnold.

Damaged by accidental exposure to light; light-fogged; -- said of plates or films.

Produced by the supposed influence of the moon. "Moonstruck madness." Milton.

Struck with a panic, or sudden fear. Burke.

Affected by the influence of planets; blasted. Milton. Like planet-stricken men of yore He trembles, smitten to the core By strong compunction and remorse. Wordsworth.

Fascinated by the stage; seized by a passionate desire to become an actor.

imp. & p. p. of Strike. Struck jury (Law), a special jury, composed of persons having special knowledge or qualifications, selected by striking from the panel of jurors a certain number for each party, leaving the number required by law to try the cause.

p. p. of Strike. Shak.

Overcome by, or affected with, sunstroke; as, sun-struck soldiers.

tone, and other heavy articles. Goods were conveyed about the town almost exclusively in trucks drawn by dogs. Macaulay.

The practice of bartering goods; exchange; barter; truck. The truckage of perishing coin. Milton.

One who trucks; a trafficker. No man having ever yet driven a saving bargain with this great trucker for souls. South.

The business of conveying goods on trucks.

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.

ed on wheels, that may be pushed under another bed; a trundle-bed. "His standing bed and truckle-bed." Shak.