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Webster 1913 Edition
Trussing
Truss′ing
,Noun.
1.
(Arch. & Engin.)
The timbers, etc., which form a truss, taken collectively.
Weale.
2.
(Arch. & Engin.)
The art of stiffening or bracing a set of timbers, or the like, by putting in struts, ties, etc., till it has something of the character of a truss.
3.
The act of a hawk, or other bird of prey, in seizing its quarry, and soaring with it into air.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Trussing
TRUSS'ING
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