From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Trist \Trist\, a. [F. triste, L. tristis.]
Sad; sorrowful; gloomy. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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:
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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