Untruss

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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] Untruss

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Untruss \Un*truss"\, Untrusser \Un*truss"er\, n.
     One who untrussed persons for the purpose of flogging them; a
     public whipper. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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