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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
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2001
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truss trəs n. a heavy metal ring securing the lower yards to a mast.
v. tie up (someone) with their arms at their sides: I found him
trussed up in his closet.
trusser n.
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 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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ROOF TRUSSES CAN BE UNTRUSTWORTHY.(At Home)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 2/18/2006; 700+ words
; ...for installing the truss is left to the builder. All trusses need to be braced...where to brace the truss system, large trusses will have a tag that...attic unless the truss has been designed...storage. Small garage trusses are generally not...
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TRUSSES BLAMED FOR ROOF CAVE-IN
Newspaper article from: The Columbian; 10/2/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...buildings that have long trusses, they will notify the owners...the only way to inspect trusses is to get into attics or crawl spaces because the trusses are behind drywall or other...shareholders plan to contact the truss manufacturer's insurer...
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Adjust Your Truss Rod
Magazine article from: Acoustic Guitar; 12/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...isn't straight, your guitar may need a truss-rod adjustment. Here's how to do it...gauge recently? It could be that your truss rod needs an adjustment. Buzzing in low...about one to five, it's likely that the truss rod is too tight, meaning that the neck...
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Truss Business Benefits from Building Boom in San Joaquin County, Calif.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 4/12/2004; 700+ words
; ...business for Mid-Valley Truss, Inc., in Stockton, whose floor and roof trusses feed a hungry residential...But it's not just the truss business, anyone who...fabrication, delivers its trusses to construction sites...Stockton. Much of its truss fabrication, however...
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In Manufactured We Truss.
Magazine article from: Professional Remodeler; 4/1/2006; 700+ words
; ...stick building these trusses is rapidly disappearing...Evans, owner of Bay Truss, a San Francisco...does not rely on truss plates for connections...most open-web wood trusses. Rather, the chords...proper handling of trusses on site: checking...banding before moving truss bundles, ...
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TRUSS MUST BEAR WEIGHT OF CEILING BELOW
Newspaper article from: Evansville Courier & Press; 9/1/2002; ; 549 words
; ...additional weight to the floor trusses, you need to contact...designed loading for the truss. What is designed loading...the dead load on the truss (walls, floor coverings...live loads to which the truss will be subjected. Furniture...live loads. Residential trusses should be designed to...
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CONTRADICTORY TRUSS FACTS CONFUSE
Newspaper article from: Evansville Courier & Press; 11/17/2002; ; 651 words
; ...for installing the truss is left to the builder. All trusses need to be braced...where to brace the truss system, large trusses will have a tag that...attic unless the truss has been designed...storage. Small garage trusses are generally not...
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 "Deerfield Review (IL)")
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Cracked trusses spell big cost
Newspaper article from: Deerfield Review (IL); 8/9/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...have discovered dangerous cracking roof trusses that will have to be replaced, adding...Corporation in Highland Park, said the trusses will cost between $300,000 and $500...meeting Monday. The replacement of the trusses, which were installed in 1978, will...
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 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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CHURCH TRUSSES POSE PROBLEM; NEW ONES TO GO IN.(Local)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 12/14/2006; 700+ words
; ...Church this week removed the 34 yellow pine trusses that once spanned the church's sanctuary...encountering problems installing them. The last trusses were taken down Tuesday and stacked alongside...church at 818 S. West St., and new trusses have been ordered, said Kenel Antoine...
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Up on the Roof.(wood truss assemblies )
Magazine article from: Resource: Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World; 11/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...as in conventional truss design -- they analyze...forces in individual trusses rather than the assembly...parallel chord single trusses and a simple nine-truss assembly. Model...based on conventional truss design. All eight trusses had the same MOEs...
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truss
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...intermediate or secondary: truss of relatively light...between the main trusses (defining the bays...two bays when one truss supports the structure...its length, the trusses at the ends of the...purlins;scissor-truss: with braces crossing...constructed with no main trusses, the ...
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Truss
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms
Truss a pack or package; a bundle of hay or straw; a cluster of flowers or fruit. Examples : truss of minor associations, 1878; of the most barbarous authors, 1531; of grass, 1400; of hay, 1483; of straw, 1609; of trifles.
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scissor-truss
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
scissor-truss. See truss .
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arch-truss
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
arch-truss. Truss with an arched upper chord (the lower side of which is concave) and a lower horizontal member, with vertical hangers between the chords.
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Serrurier truss
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
Serrurier truss A tube framework for telescopes. It consists of eight struts arranged in triangles. The struts run between a ring which forms...
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