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  • 31To truss up — Truss Truss, 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.… …

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  • 32Truss — Truss, 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… …

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  • 33Trussed — Truss Truss, 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.… …

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  • 34Trussed beam — Truss Truss, 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.… …

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  • 35Trussing — Truss Truss, 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.… …

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  • 36strict — strictness, n. /strikt/, adj., stricter, strictest. 1. characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles: a strict observance of rituals. 2. stringent or exacting in or in enforcing rules, requirements, obligations, etc …

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  • 37stringent — stringently, adv. /strin jeuhnt/, adj. 1. rigorously binding or exacting; strict; severe: stringent laws. 2. compelling, constraining, or urgent: stringent necessity. 3. convincing or forcible: stringent arguments. 4. (of the money market)… …

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  • 38strait — (n.) mid 14c., narrow, confined space or place, specifically of bodies of water from late 14c., noun use of adj. strait narrow, strict (late 13c.), from O.Fr. estreit (Fr. étroit) tight, close, narrow (also used as a noun), from L. strictus, pp.… …

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  • 39strict — [[t]strɪkt[/t]] adj. er, est 1) closely conforming to requirements or principles: a strict observance of rituals[/ex] 2) stringent; exacting: strict laws; a strict judge[/ex] 3) rigorously enforced: strict silence[/ex] 4) exact; precise: in the… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 40натягивать — НАТЯГИВАТЬ1, несов. (сов. натянуть), что. Надевать (надеть) какую л. одежду или обувь с трудом, усилием (обычно что л. узкое, тесное); Ант.: снимать [impf. to pull (on, over)]. Левка стал с трудом натягивать через голову рубаху. Пыхтя и краснея,… …

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