trist

Trist, v. t. & i. [imp. Triste.] Defn: To trust. [Obs.] Chaucer. Trist, n. Etym: [See Tryst.] 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, a. Etym: [F. triste, L. tristis.] Defn: Sad; sorrowful; gloomy. [Obs.] Fairfax.

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