trussern.
/ˈtrʌsə/, U.S. /ˈtrəsər/ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > bandage > [noun]
swathec1050
blood benda1250
blood bandc1300
bondc1384
whip1504
trusser1519
swath-band1556
swaddlea1569
winding band1582
deligature1583
ligation1598
bandage1599
fettle1599
ligament1599
selvage1599
swathe1615
swaddlings1623
anadesm1658
fasciation1658
girt1676
platysma1684
flannels1723
fillet1802
sealing1862
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > pack or parcel
pack1228
fardel1388
trussellc1440
pauchlea1450
butt1470
fardellage1489
trusser1519
parcel1692
package1757
packet1803
wrappage1883
compactum1907
bindle1916
1519 W. Horman Vulgaria iii. f. 30 The bounche or botche..can vnneth be bounde vp with a trussar.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. xvij Byndyng of males and fardelles, trussyng of coffers and trussers.
2. One who or that which trusses, in various senses: see the verb. spec.
a. One who trusses a cask.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of containers or receptacles > [noun] > maker of casks or cooper
cooperc1415
trusser1535
hooper1552
tubman1677
tubber1825
tub-thumper1872
barrel-maker1883
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jer. xlviii. 12 I shall sende hir trussers to trusse her vp, to prepare and season hir vessels.
b. A person employed in trussing poultry, etc.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of fowls > [noun] > trusser
trusser1857
1857 A. Mathews Tea-table Talk II. 96 It [sc. a chicken] had apparently made a vigorous struggle for continued existence, which struggle had evidently distorted its form out of the power of the trusser to regulate.
1903 Daily Chron. 16 Sept. 8/6 Poultry.—Wanted a trusser for best-class work.
1906 Daily News 14 Dec. 7 The removal of this favourite bone by the trusser.
c. A person employed in, or a machine for, trussing hay or straw.
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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > harvesting equipment > [noun] > baler
hay-press1829
baler1888
trusser1889
pickup baler1939
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > bundle of hay or straw > wadder or trusser
wadder1763
trusser1889
1889 Engineer LXVII. 292 Hay and straw trussers.
1890 Univ. Exhib. Guide June 29/2 The Straw Trusser..was shown at work attached to the Steam Thrashing Machine.
1892 T. B. F. Eminson Epidemic Pneumonia 49 The trussers..were engaged trussing the hay for sale.
3. A plant that produces trusses of blossom: usually with qualifying adjective expressing the quality of the trusses.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [noun] > type of
female?a1425
trusser1843
flowerer1850
1843 Florist's Jrnl. (1846) 4 153 The flowers are extra~sized, and it is a very fine trusser.
1882 Garden 11 Mar. 160/3 This..red ground Polyanthus..is a noble trusser.
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