Trist

3 definitions found

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

  Trist \Trist\, v. t. & i. [imp. {Triste}.]
     To trust. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Trist \Trist\, n. [See {Tryst}.]
     1. Trust. [Obs.]
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     2. A post, or station, in hunting. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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     3. A secret meeting, or the place of such meeting; a tryst.
        See {Tryst}. [Obs.]
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              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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Trist \Trist\, a. [F. triste, L. tristis.]
     Sad; sorrowful; gloomy. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
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