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trist |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trist \Trist\, v. t. & i. [imp. {Triste}.] To trust. [Obs.] --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trist \Trist\, n. [See {Tryst}.] 1. Trust. [Obs.] 2. A post or station, in hunting. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 3. A secret meeting, or the place of such meeting; a tryst. See {Tryst}. [Obs.] George Douglas caused a trist to be set between him and the cardinal and four lords; at the which trist he and the cardinal agreed finally. --Letter dated Sept., 1543. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trist \Trist\, a. [F. triste, L. tristis.] Sad; sorrowful; gloomy. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
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