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trist
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trist, v. t. & i.
To trust. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
trist, n. [See Tryst.].
- Trust. [1913 Webster]
- A post, or station, in hunting. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- A secret meeting, or the place of such meeting; a tryst. See Tryst. [1913 Webster]"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." [1913 Webster]
trist, a. [F. triste, L. tristis.].
Sad; sorrowful; gloomy. Fairfax. [1913 Webster]
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