An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 901
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 901
TRAIK, _s._
1. A plague, a mischief.
_Douglas._
2. The flesh of sheep that have died of disease or by accident, S.
_Pennecuik, N._
_To_ TRAIK, _v. n._ To be in a declining state of health.
_Baillie._
Su. G. _trak-a_, c.u.m difficultate progredi.
TRAILSYDE, _adj._ So long as to _trail_ on the ground.
V. ~Side~.
_Douglas._
_To_ TRAYN, _v. a._ To draw, to entice.
Fr. _train-er_, to draw.
_Barbour._
~Train~, _s._ A rope used for _drawing_, Orkn.
_Stat. Acc._
_To_ TRAIST, TREST, TREIST, _v. a._
1. To trust.
_Lyndsay._
2. _v. n._ To pledge faith, by entering into a truce.
_Gawan and Gol._
Isl. _treist-a_, Su. G. _traest-a_, confidere.
~Traist~, ~Trest~, _s._ Trust, faith.
_Complaynt S._
Isl. _traust-r_, Su. G. _troest_, fiducia.
~Traist~, ~Traisty~, _adj._
1. Trusty, faithful.
_Wallace._
Isl. _traust-r_, Su. G. _troest_, fidus, fidelis.
2. Confident.
_Barbour._
Germ. _treist_, Su. G. _troest_, audax.
3. Secure, safe.
_Barbour._
~Traist~, _s._ An appointed meeting.
V. ~Tryst~.
_Barbour._
~Traistis~, _s. pl._ A roll of the accusations brought against those who, in former times, were to be legally tried.
_Acts Ja. III._
~Traistly~, _adv._ Confidently, securely.
_Barbour._
TRAIST, _s._ Frame of a table.
V. ~Trest~.
TRAYT, _s._ Bread of _trayt_, a superior kind of bread made of fine wheat.
Panis de _Treyt_, Fleta.
_Chalm. Air._