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trussing |
2 definitions found 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trussing \Truss"ing\, n. 1. (Arch. & Engin.) The timbers, etc., which form a truss, taken collectively. --Weale. 2. (Arch. & Engin.) The art of stiffening or bracing a set of timbers, or the like by putting in struts, ties, etc., till it has something of the character of a truss. 3. The act of a hawk, or other bird of prey, in seizing its quarry, and soaring with it into air. [Obs.]
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