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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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