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_Douglas._
_To_ TRINTLE, TRINLE, _v. a._ to trundle or roll, S.
Fr. _trondel-er_, id.; A. S. _trendel_, globus.
TRIP, _s._ A flock, a considerable number.
C. B. _tyrfa_, a flock.
_Henrysone._
TRIST, _adj._ Sad, melancholy.
_Douglas._
Fr. _triste_, Lat. _trist-is_.
TRYST, TRIST, TRISTE, TRYIST, _s._
1. An appointment to meet, S.
_Wynt._
_To set tryst_, to make an appointment to meet, S.
_To keep tryst_, to fulfil an engagement to meet, S.
_To break tryst_, to break an engagement, S.
_Spalding._
_To crack tryst_, id.
_Z. Boyd._
2. An appointed meeting, S.
_Minstr. Bord._
3. The appointed time of meeting.
_Wallace._
4. The place appointed, S.
_Houlate._
5. A concurrence of circ.u.mstances or events.
V. ~Traist~, _v._
_Fleming._
6. A trial, an affliction.
_K. Hart._
_To_ ~Tryst~, _v. a._
1. To engage a person to meet one at a given time and place, S.
_Fountainhall._
2. To meet with; used in relation to a divine ordination.
_Baillie._
_To_ ~Tryst~, _v. n._
1. To agree to meet at any particular time or place, S.
_Wodrow._
2. To concur with; used metaph. as to circ.u.mstances or events.
_Fleming._
3. Often used in a pa.s.sive sense, in relation to one's meeting with adverse dispensations, S.
_Fleming._
~Tryster~, _s._ A person who convenes others, fixing the time and place of meeting.
_Baillie._
~Trysting-place~, _s._ The place of meeting previously appointed, S.
_Minstr. Bord._
~Tristres~, _s. pl._ The stations allotted to different persons in hunting.
_Sir Gawan._
L. B. _tristra_, id.
