unˈtrussing, vbl. n.
[f. untruss v.]
The action of the vb., chiefly in fig. senses.
| 1597 Return fr. Parnass. ii. i. 762 One that will give his scholler leave to prove as verie a dunce as his father and nere commaunde the untrussinge of his points. 1601 B. Jonson Poetaster iv. vii, Come, wee'll goe see how forward our iourney-man is toward the vntrussing of him. 1602 Dekker (title), Satiro-Mastix, or, the Untrussing of the Humorous Poet. 1603 Shakes. Meas. for M. iii. ii. 190 Marrie this Claudio is condemned for vntrussing. |