An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 907

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 907


_Douglas._


_To_ TRINTLE, TRINLE, _v. a._ to trundle or roll, S.


Fr. _trondel-er_, id.; A. S. _trendel_, globus.


TRIP, _s._ A flock, a considerable number.


C. B. _tyrfa_, a flock.


_Henrysone._


TRIST, _adj._ Sad, melancholy.


_Douglas._


Fr. _triste_, Lat. _trist-is_.


TRYST, TRIST, TRISTE, TRYIST, _s._


1. An appointment to meet, S.


_Wynt._


_To set tryst_, to make an appointment to meet, S.


_To keep tryst_, to fulfil an engagement to meet, S.


_To break tryst_, to break an engagement, S.


_Spalding._


_To crack tryst_, id.


_Z. Boyd._


2. An appointed meeting, S.


_Minstr. Bord._


3. The appointed time of meeting.


_Wallace._


4. The place appointed, S.


_Houlate._


5. A concurrence of circ.u.mstances or events.


V. ~Traist~, _v._


_Fleming._


6. A trial, an affliction.


_K. Hart._


_To_ ~Tryst~, _v. a._


1. To engage a person to meet one at a given time and place, S.


_Fountainhall._


2. To meet with; used in relation to a divine ordination.


_Baillie._


_To_ ~Tryst~, _v. n._


1. To agree to meet at any particular time or place, S.


_Wodrow._


2. To concur with; used metaph. as to circ.u.mstances or events.


_Fleming._


3. Often used in a pa.s.sive sense, in relation to ones meeting with adverse dispensations, S.


_Fleming._


~Tryster~, _s._ A person who convenes others, fixing the time and place of meeting.


_Baillie._


~Trysting-place~, _s._ The place of meeting previously appointed, S.


_Minstr. Bord._


~Tristres~, _s. pl._ The stations allotted to different persons in hunting.


_Sir Gawan._


L. B. _tristra_, id.







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