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TRUSS
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English (East Midlands)
English (East Midlands) : of uncertain origin; perhaps from Old French troussel, Middle English trussel in the sense ‘packet’, and hence an occupational nickname for a peddler, or from the same word in the sense ‘stamp’, ‘mould (for stamping coins)’, and hence an occupational name for a minter. Alternatively, it may be from a nickname representing a variant of Thrussell, from Middle English throstle ‘thrush’, given probably to a cheerful person, the bird being noted for its cheerful song.
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English : variant of Truslove, a metonymic occupational name for a wolf-hunter, from Old French tr(o)usser ‘to truss or bind’, ‘to carry off’ + Anglo-Norman French love ‘wolf’.
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English : occupational nickname for a peddler, from Old French trousse ‘bundle’, ‘pack’.Ukrainian : nickname from trus ‘rabbit’, typically applied to someone thought to be a coward.
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n.
The act of a hawk, or other bird of prey, in seizing its quarry, and soaring with it into air.
n.
To execute by hanging; to hang; -- usually with up.
n.
To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces.
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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.
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A bundle; a package; as, a truss of grass.
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An assemblage of members of wood or metal, supported at two points, and arranged to transmit pressure vertically to those points, with the least possible strain across the length of any member. Architectural trusses when left visible, as in open timber roofs, often contain members not needed for construction, or are built with greater massiveness than is requisite, or are composed in unscientific ways in accordance with the exigencies of style.
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To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.
v. t.
To loose from a truss, or as from a truss; to untie or unfasten; to let out; to undress.
n.
A bandage or apparatus used in cases of hernia, to keep up the reduced parts and hinder further protrusion, and for other purposes.
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To skewer; to make fast, as the wings of a fowl to the body in cooking it.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Truss
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A tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main stalk, or stem, of certain plants.
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A padded jacket or dress worn under armor, to protect the body from the effects of friction; also, a part of a woman's dress; a stomacher.
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The timbers, etc., which form a truss, taken collectively.
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The rope or iron used to keep the center of a yard to the mast.
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To bind or pack close; to make into a truss.
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That which suspends, or holds up, as a truss
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of Truss
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A tie securing two timbers together, not used for part of a regular truss, but serving a temporary purpose, as to provide against unusual strain.