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tress |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tress \Tress\, n. [OE. tresse, OF trece, F. tresse, LL tricia, fr Gr tri`cha threefold, because a tress is usually formed by interlacing three pieces; akin to trei^s three See {Three}.] 1. A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet. Her yellow hair was braided in a tress. --Chaucer. Fair tresses man's imperial race insnare. --Pope. 2. Fig.: A knot or festoon, as of flowers. --Keats. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tress n : a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair [syn: {braid}, {plait}, {twist}]
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