UNTRUSS

Etymology

Verb

untruss (third-person singular simple present untrusses, present participle untrussing, simple past and past participle untrussed)

To free from a truss; to untie or unfasten

Noun

untruss (plural untrusses)

(obsolete) an untrusser or public whipper

Source: Wiktionary


Un*truss", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + truss.]

Definition: To loose from a truss, or as from a truss; to untie or unfasten; to let out; to undress. [R.] Dryden.

Un*truss", Un*truss"er, n.

Definition: One who untrussed persons for the purpose of flogging them; a public whipper. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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