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untruss

untruss is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.To loose from a truss, or as from a truss; to untie or unfasten; to let out; to undress. [R.] Dryden.
  2. 2.One who untrussed persons for the purpose of flogging them; a public whipper. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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