Quote Originally Posted by theborderer View Post
Truss: According to google books/etymological dictionary of scottish language a truss was a ribbon which ladies wore inside their clothes in order to tie up their petticoats,when working.
In medicine it is a strap with pads to keep the hernia in place !!!!
I, pesonally, would stick to the ladies.
The main definition of truss is tie up or tightly bind and I have seen truss used in old English fiction to mean a gentleman's underbindings. Who knows, maybe the gentleman was rather portly and had a truss or two made from tartan cloth?
I do agree that truss is most likely trews, I'm just saying what I thought about first when I read the list.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truss

As for meeder, I once ran across a word that was close that seemed to mean manufactured or commercially made. But, that was for an English history project. Not sure if that word would be used in Scotland.