Tresayle

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tresayle \Tres"ayle`\ (tr[e^]s"[=a]l`), n. [F. trisa["i]eul,
     from L. tris, tres, three + F. a["i]eul grandfather. Cf.
     {Besaiel}, and see {Ayle}.]
     A grandfather's grandfather. [Obs.]
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     {Writ of tresayle} (O. Eng. Law), a writ which lay for a man
        claiming as heir to his grandfather's grandfather, to
        recover lands of which he had been deprived by an
        abatement happening on the ancestor's death. --Mozley & W.
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