truancy

[Eng. truan (t); -cy.] The act of playing truant; the state of being a truant. *trû-and-ing, s. [TRUANT.] The act of begging under false pretences; truandise. "Than may he go a begging yerne Till he some other craft can lerne, Through which without truanding, He may in trouth have his living. Romaunt of the Rose. *trû'-and-işe, subst . [O. Fr.] A begging under false pretences. ( Romaunt of the Rose .)