ppl. a. [UN-1 8, or f. prec.]
† 1. Unburdened. Obs.–1
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 350. Þeo men þet … goð untrussed lihte ase pilegrimes touward heouene.
† 2. Untressed; loose. Obs.
c. 1400. [see UNTRESSED ppl. a.].
1494. Lydgate’s Bochas, VI. Prol. 32. Hir here vntrussyd [MSS. vntressid, -ed] harde sharpe and horryble.
c. 1529. Skelton, E. Rummyng, 147. Theyr lockes about theyr face, Theyr tresses vntrust.
1587. Turberv., Trag. T. (1837), 30. Untrust her haire hoong rounde about her head.
1600. Fairfax, Tasso, XVIII. xxvii. 320. The Dryads … Whose armes, halfe naked; lockes vntrussed bee.
3. Having the garments unfastened or undone.
1544. Phaër, Regim. Lyfe (1553), I iiij. Ye ought … to lette your backe be vntrussed in the sommer.
1596. Lodge, Wits Misery (Hunter. Cl.), IV. 69. His common course is to go alwaies vntrust, except when his shirt is a washing.
1607, 1647. [see UNGARTERED 1].
1652. Benlowes, Theoph., XI. iv. All his clothes so loosely spread, He’s so untrust, as if it were not long to bed.
1822. Scott, Nigel, v. Three or four pages in the royal livery, but untrussed, unbuttoned.
1829. Q. Rev., XXXIX. 106. The poor boy who … has stood untrussed and trembling before him.
† b. Of points: Unfastened. Obs.
1589. Greene, Span. Masquerado, Wks. (Grosart), V. 244. His cappe pulde ouer his eies, and his pointes vntrust.
1616. R. C., Times’ Whistle, v. 2135. Old Monsier Grey-beard with your poynts vntrust.
4. Not trussed for cooking.
1846. Soyer, Cookery, 217. Have four spring chickens untrussed.
