TRUSS (from O. Fr. trusser, trosser, torser, trousser, to

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• PACK (apparently from the root pak-, paq-, seen in Lat. pangere, to fasten; cf. " compact ")
• PACK, OTTO VON (c. 1480-1537)

pack, bind, gird up,

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• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

Low

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• LAT

Lat. tortiare, formed from tortus,

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• TWISTED

twisted, torquere, to twist; cf. "

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• TORCH (O. Fr. torche, from Med. Lat. tortia, derived from tortus, twisted, torquere, to twist)

torch " and "

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• TROUSERS

trousers," also trousseau, a

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• BRIDE (a common Teutonic word, e.g..Goth. bruths, O. Eng. bryd, O. H. Ger. prs2t, Mod. Ger. Bract, Dut. bruid, possibly derived from the root bru-, cook, brew; from the med. latinized form bruta, in the sense of daughter-in-law, is derived the Fr. bru)

bride's outfit, literally a small pack or bundle)  , a pack or bundle, applied specifically to a quantity of hay or straw tied together in a bundle . A truss of straw contains 36 lb, of old hay 56 lb, of new hay 6o lb . A load contains 36 trusses . The term is also used generally of a supporting frame or structure, especially in the construction of a roof or a bridge . It is thus used as the name of a surgical appliance, a belt with an elastic spring keeping in place a pad used as a support in cases of hernia (q.v.) .