untru

adv. Untruly. [ Obs. or Poetic ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Something not true; a false statement. [ Recent & R. ] A. Trollope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ 1st pref. un- + trunk. ] Separated from its trunk or stock. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + truss. ] To loose from a truss, or as from a truss; to untie or unfasten; to let out; to undress. [ R. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. One who untrussed persons for the purpose of flogging them; a public whipper. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Distrust. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not trustful or trusting. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not to be trusted; not trusty. [ R. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quality of being untrue; contrariety to truth; want of veracity; also, treachery; faithlessness; disloyalty. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is untrue; a false assertion; a falsehood; a lie; also, an act of treachery or disloyalty. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Lie; falsehood. See Lie. [ 1913 Webster ]