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unˈtruss, v.
[un-2 4 b.]
1. trans. To free from a pack or burden. rare.
1390Gower Conf. II. 294 With this worde his Asse anon He let untrusse. c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode ii. xlvii. (1869) 94 Whan vntrussed thus j was, j was rauished in to the ayr an hygh. c1530Ld. Berners Arth. Lyt. Bryt. (1814) 484 There he saw the goodly yong squyers vntrussing of their somers & cariages. 1598Florio, Sfardellare,..to vntrusse, or disburthen.
2. To unfasten or undo (a pack, etc.); to remove or free from some fastening.
c1400Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton, 1483) ii. xlv. 51 He vntrussed my fardel, and soone was I taught that sooth was that he seyde. 1570Googe Pop. Kingd. iv. 56 The Pedler doth his packe vntrusse, the Host his pots doth fill. 1600in Swayne Sarum Churchw. Acc. (1896) 148 Laborer to vntrusse the bels, 6d. 1777Sheridan Trip Scarb. v. ii, Now..that I am untrussed [= set free], give me leave to thank thee for the very extraordinary reception I have met with.
b. fig. To put off, discard.
1608Chapman Byron's Consp. iii. iii, Be free, all worthy spirits, And stretch yourselves for greatness.., Untruss your slaveries.
3. To undo, unfasten (a ‘point’ of a garment). In later use chiefly allusively (see quot. 1721). Obs. exc. Hist.
1577Holinshed Hist. Eng. I. 8/2 He was slain..by one of his own soldiors, as he was about to vntrusse his pointes. 1614Sylvester Bethulia's Rescue ii. 78 For..while hee plyes T' untrusse his Points, [he] them (fumbling) faster tyes. 1622Mabbe tr. Aleman's Guzman d'Alf. ii. 356 One of the Souldiers was going to vntrusse a point. 1721Bailey, To untruss a Point, i.e. to unbutton one's Breeches in order to ease his Body. 1727Somerville Fables, Welshman & Fly, A noisy fly..perch'd upon his worship's crown;..his skin he tore, And stuff'd himself with human gore. At last, in manners to excel, Untruss'd a point, some authors tell. 1739[see point n.1 B. 5]. 1796Grose's Dict. Vulgar T. s.v. 1837Barham Ingol. Leg. i. Grey Dolphin, The Clerk of Chatham was untrussing his points preparatory to seeking his truckle-bed.
b. In fig. contexts.
1591Lyly Endym. iii. iii, Loue..kept such a tumbling in his bodie, that he was glad to vntrusse the poynts of his hart. 1622Dekker Virg. Martir ii. i, Vntrusse the Cod⁓peece point of our reward. 1891Meredith One of our Conq. xiii, Lawyers can be brought to untruss a point over a cup of claret.
c. absol. To unfasten one's points; to undo one's dress (spec. one's lower garments).
1592Nashe P. Penilesse D iv b, Off with thy gowne and vntrusse, for I meane to lash thee mightily. 1604E. Grimstone Siege Ostend 67 Making a shewe as if hee went to vntrusse. 1648Herrick Hesper., Upon Pagget, Untrusse, his Master bade him; and that word Made him take up his shirt. a1683Oldham Rem. (1684) 123, I must beg my Reader's Distance: as if I were going to Untruss. 1705Hickeringill Priest-cr. ii. vi. 57 To do which Business, they untrussed, and stript themselves. 1837Barham Ingol. Leg. i. Leech (1905) 84 Now strip thee, Master Marsh, and that quickly: untruss, I say!
transf.1649W. M. Wandering Jew 19 His breeches if hee takes wide strides, will untrusse of themselves.
4. To undo or unfasten the garments of (a person); to assist in undressing. Also refl.
a1625Fletcher Elder Brother iv. iv, Well done, give me my night-cap. So. Quick, quick, untruss me. 1786tr. Beckford's Vathek 99 [He] had untrussed himself to eat with greater advantage. 1809Malkin Gil Blas x. ix. ⁋11 They also undressed Beatrice and Scipio, who..gravely allowed themselves to be untrussed. 1861Reade Cloister & H. lv, Soon he bade me untruss him, for he felt sadly.
†5. fig.
a. To expose, disclose, reveal. Obs.
1600Rowlands Lett. Humours Blood iv. 63 Who nominates his Bread and Cheese a name, (That doth vntrusse the nature of the same). 1601B. Jonson Poetaster v. iii, Our Muse is in mind for th' vntrussing a poet. 1651Cleveland Poems 20 Yet here's not all, I cannot half untruss &c. it's so abominous.
†b. To take apart, dissect, disintegrate. Obs.
a1618J. Davies (Heref.) Witte's Pilgr. Wks. (Grosart) II. 37/1 Then, to vntrusse him..Whose Muse hath power to vntrusse what not? Was a vaine cast. 1645Milton Colast. 16 But hee goes on to untruss my Arguments, imagining them his Maisters points. 1651Cleveland Poems 20 Scatter th' accumulative King; untruss That five-fold fiend. |