truant, trew and, truand

& 8. [French truand=(s.) a beggar, a rogue, a lazy rascal, (a.) beggarly, rascally, from Wel. tru, truan =wretched; truan a wretch; Gael. truaghan a wretch; Bret. truant a vagabond, a beggar.] A. As adj .: Pertaining to or characteristic of a truant; willfully absent from a proper or appointed place; shirking duty; idle, loitering. (Lit. & fig .) "Reluctant to be thought to move At the first call of truant love." Scott: Lord of the Isles , vi. 8. IMG:content-1491.png:[blocks in formation] *2. A lazy vagabond. "All thynges at this day faileth at Rome, except all onely these ydell trewandes , iestours, tumblers, plaiers, iuglers, and such other, of whom there is inow and too many."- Golden Boke , let. 12. To play truant, to play the truant: To stay away from school without leave. "There boyes the truant play and leave their booke." Browne: Britannia's Pastorals, i. 2.