Definition of Untross

Definition of Untross

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.

{ Un*truss" (?), Un*truss"er (?), } n. One who untrussed persons for the purpose of flogging them; a public whipper. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

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.

{ Un*truss" (?), Un*truss"er (?), } n. One who untrussed persons for the purpose of flogging them; a public whipper. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

UNTRUSS. To untruss a point; to let down one's breeches
in order to ease one's self. Breeches were formerly tied
with points, which till lately were distributed to the boys
every Whit Monday by the churchwardens of most of the
parishes in London, under the denomination of tags: these
tags were worsteds of different colours twisted up to a size
somewhat thicker than packthread, and tagged at both
ends with tin. Laces were at the same given to the
girls.

- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)

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