untruss

untruss
Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. archaic untie, unfastenused in the phrase untruss one's points 2. archaic undress intransitive verb archaic to unfasten or take off one's clothes and especially one's breeches

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  • Untruss — Un*truss , v. t. [1st pref. un + truss.] To loose from a truss, or as from a truss; to untie or unfasten; to let out; to undress. [R.] Dryden. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Untruss — Un*truss , Untrusser Un*truss er, n. One who untrussed persons for the purpose of flogging them; a public whipper. [Obs.] B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • untruss — [un trus′] vt. 1. to release as from being trussed up 2. Obs. to undress …   English World dictionary

  • untruss — /un trus /, v.t., v.i. Archaic. to loose from or as if from a truss. [1350 1400; ME; see UN 2, TRUSS] * * * …   Universalium

  • untruss — un·truss …   English syllables

  • untruss — un•truss [[t]ʌnˈtrʌs[/t]] archaic v.t. 1) cv to unfasten or untie; undo; loose from or as if from a truss 2) cv to undress 3) cv to undress • Etymology: 1350–1400 …   From formal English to slang

  • untruss — v.tr. unfasten (a trussed fowl) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Untrusser — Untruss Un*truss , Untrusser Un*truss er, n. One who untrussed persons for the purpose of flogging them; a public whipper. [Obs.] B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • untrusser — untrussˈer noun • • • Main Entry: ↑untrussed …   Useful english dictionary

  • untrussing — untrussˈing noun • • • Main Entry: ↑untrussed …   Useful english dictionary

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