n. [ L. trudere, trusum, to thrust, shove: cf. F. trusion. ] The act of pushing or thrusting. [ R. ] Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. trusse, F. trousse, OF. also tourse; perhaps fr. L. tryrsus stalk, stem. Cf. Thyrsus, Torso, Trousers, Trousseau. ] 1. A bundle; a package; as, a truss of grass. Fabyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bearing a truss of trifles at his back. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A truss of hay in England is 56 lbs. of old and 60 lbs. of new hay; a truss of straw is 36 lbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A padded jacket or dress worn under armor, to protect the body from the effects of friction; also, a part of a woman's dress; a stomacher. [ Obs. ] Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]

Puts off his palmer's weed unto his truss, which bore
The stains of ancient arms. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Surg.) A bandage or apparatus used in cases of hernia, to keep up the reduced parts and hinder further protrusion, and for other purposes. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Bot.) A tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main stalk, or stem, of certain plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Naut.) The rope or iron used to keep the center of a yard to the mast. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Arch. & Engin.) An assemblage of members of wood or metal, supported at two points, and arranged to transmit pressure vertically to those points, with the least possible strain across the length of any member. Architectural trusses when left visible, as in open timber roofs, often contain members not needed for construction, or are built with greater massiveness than is requisite, or are composed in unscientific ways in accordance with the exigencies of style. [ 1913 Webster ]

Truss rod, a rod which forms the tension member of a trussed beam, or a tie rod in a truss. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Trussed p. pr. & vb. n. Trussing. ] [ F. trousser. See Truss, n. ] 1. To bind or pack close; to tie up tightly; to make into a truss. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

It [ his hood ] was trussed up in his wallet. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Who trussing me as eagle doth his prey. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To skewer; to make fast, as the wings of a fowl to the body in cooking it. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To execute by hanging; to hang; -- usually with up. [ Slang. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

To truss a person or
To truss one's self, to adjust and fasten the clothing of; especially, to draw tight and tie the laces of garments. [ Obs. ] “Enter Honeysuckle, in his nightcap, trussing himself.” J. Webster (1607). --
To truss up, to strain; to make close or tight. --
Trussed beam, a beam which is stiffened by a system of braces constituting a truss of which the beam is a chord. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Arch. & Engin.) The timbers, etc., which form a truss, taken collectively. Weale. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of a hawk, or other bird of prey, in seizing its quarry, and soaring with it into air. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. trust, trost, Icel. traust confidence, security; akin to Dan. & Sw. tröst comfort, consolation, G. trost, Goth. trausti a convention, covenant, and E. true. See True, and cf. Tryst. ] 1. Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; reliance. “O ever-failing trust in mortal strength!” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Most take things upon trust. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Credit given; especially, delivery of property or merchandise in reliance upon future payment; exchange without immediate receipt of an equivalent; as, to sell or buy goods on trust. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Assured anticipation; dependence upon something future or contingent, as if present or actual; hope; belief. “Such trust have we through Christ.” 2 Cor. iii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

His trust was with the Eternal to be deemed
Equal in strength. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which is committed or intrusted to one; something received in confidence; charge; deposit. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ I ] serve him truly that will put me in trust. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Reward them well, if they observe their trust. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope. [ 1913 Webster ]

O Lord God, thou art my trust from my youth. Ps. lxxi. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Law) An estate devised or granted in confidence that the devisee or grantee shall convey it, or dispose of the profits, at the will, or for the benefit, of another; an estate held for the use of another; a confidence respecting property reposed in one person, who is termed the trustee, for the benefit of another, who is called the cestui que trust. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. An equitable right or interest in property distinct from the legal ownership thereof; a use (as it existed before the Statute of Uses); also, a property interest held by one person for the benefit of another. Trusts are active, or special, express, implied, constructive, etc. In a
passive trust the trustee simply has title to the trust property, while its control and management are in the beneficiary. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

9. A business organization or combination consisting of a number of firms or corporations operating, and often united, under an agreement creating a trust (in sense 1), esp. one formed mainly for the purpose of regulating the supply and price of commodities, etc.; often, opprobriously, a combination formed for the purpose of controlling or monopolizing a trade, industry, or business, by doing acts in restraint or trade; as, a sugar trust. A trust may take the form of a corporation or of a body of persons or corporations acting together by mutual arrangement, as under a contract or a so-called gentlemen's agreement. When it consists of corporations it may be effected by putting a majority of their stock either in the hands of a board of trustees (whence the name trust for the combination) or by transferring a majority to a holding company. The advantages of a trust are partly due to the economies made possible in carrying on a large business, as well as the doing away with competition. In the United States severe statutes against trusts have been passed by the Federal government and in many States, with elaborate statutory definitions. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Syn. -- Confidence; belief; faith; hope; expectation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Trust deed (Law), a deed conveying property to a trustee, for some specific use. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Held in trust; as, trust property; trustmoney. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Trusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Trusting. ] [ OE. trusten, trosten. See Trust, n. ] 1. To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or repose faith, in; as, we can not trust those who have deceived us. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will never trust his word after. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that trusts every one without reserve will at last be deceived. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give credence to; to believe; to credit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Trust me, you look well. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To hope confidently; to believe; -- usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object. [ 1913 Webster ]

I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face. 2 John 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

We trustwe have a good conscience. Heb. xiii. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. to show confidence in a person by intrusting (him) with something. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whom, with your power and fortune, sir, you trust,
Now to suspect is vain. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To commit, as to one's care; to intrust. [ 1913 Webster ]

Merchants were not willing to trust precious cargoes to any custody but that of a man-of-war. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment; as, merchants and manufacturers trust their customers annually with goods. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To risk; to venture confidently. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Beguiled ] by thee
to trust thee from my side. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide. [ 1913 Webster ]

More to know could not be more to trust. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be confident, as of something future; to hope. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will trust and not be afraid. Isa. xii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is happier sometimes to be cheated than not to trust. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

To trust in,
To trust on, to place confidence in, ; to rely on; to depend. “Trust in the Lord, and do good.” Ps. xxxvii. 3. “A priest . . . on whom we trust.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] Her widening streets on new foundations trust. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] --
To trust to or
To trust unto, to depend on; to have confidence in; to rely on; as, to trust to luck. [ 1913 Webster ] They trusted unto the liers in wait. Judges xx. 36. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Any corporation formed for the purpose of acting as trustee. Such companies usually do more or less of a banking business. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Law) A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another; also, a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process. [ 1913 Webster ]

Trustee process (Law), a process by which a creditor may attach his debtor's goods, effects, and credits, in the hands of a third person; -- called, in some States, the process of foreign attachment, garnishment, or factorizing process. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]