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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Truss \Truss\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trussed}; p. pr & vb n.
{Trussing}.] [F. trousser. See {Truss}, n.]
1. To bind or pack close to make into a truss. --Shak.
It [his hood] was trussed up in his wallet.
--Chaucer.
2. To take fast hold of to seize and hold firmly; to pounce
upon [Obs.]
Who trussing me as eagle doth his prey. --Spenser.
3. To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of
a brace or braces.
4. To skewer; to make fast as the wings of a fowl to the
body in cooking it
5. To execute by hanging; to hang; -- usually with up
[Slang.] --Sir W. Scott.
{To truss a person} or {one's self}, to adjust and fasten the
clothing of especially, to draw tight and tie the laces
of garments. [Obs.] ``Enter Honeysuckle, in his nightcap,
trussing himself.'' --J. Webster (1607).
{To truss up}, to strain; to make close or tight.
{Trussed beam}, a beam which is stiffened by a system of
braces constituting a truss of which the beam is a chord.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
trussed
adj : bound or secured closely; "the guard was found trussed up
with his arms and legs securely tied"; "a trussed
chicken" [syn: {tied}]
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