trist Meaning, Definition & Usage

Trist transitive verb & intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect Triste
Definitions
  1. To trust. Obs. Chaucer.
Trist noun
Etymology
See Tryst.
Definitions
  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.
Trist adjective
Etymology
F. triste, L. tristis.
Definitions
  1. Sad; sorrowful; gloomy. Obs. Fairfax.

Webster 1913