untruss

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verb

To free from a truss; to untie or unfasten

“a. 1701, John Dryden, epistle to Mr Julian The choleric wight, untrussing all in rage”

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Meanings

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

present singular third person untrusses · participle present untrussing · participle past untrussed · past untrussed

  1. To free from a truss; to untie or unfasten

    a. 1701, John Dryden, epistle to Mr Julian The choleric wight, untrussing all in rage

    1 more example

    Just to prove that he hurried over and untrussed Peter and Uncle Crumplebum. And the miser’s niece unrabbited her uncle.

    1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 68
noununtruss (plural untrusses)

plural untrusses

  1. obsoletean untrusser or public whipper

Origin

From un- + truss.

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APA

untruss. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untruss

MLA

“untruss.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untruss. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “untruss,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untruss.

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