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Tryst

Tryst

,
Noun.
[OE.
trist
,
tryst
, a variant of
trust
; cf. Icel.
treysta
to make trusty, fr.
traust
confidence, security. See
Trust
,
Noun.
]
1.
Trust.
[Obs.]
2.
An appointment to meet; also, an appointed place or time of meeting;
as, to keep
tryst
; to break
tryst
.
[Scot. or Poetic]
To bide tryst
,
to wait, at the appointed time, for one with whom a tryst or engagement is made; to keep an engagement or appointment.
The tenderest-hearted maid
That ever
bided tryst
at village stile.
Tennyson.

Tryst

,
Verb.
T.
[OE.
tristen
,
trysten
. See
Tryst
,
Noun.
]
1.
To trust.
[Obs.]
2.
To agree with to meet at a certain place; to make an appointment with.
[Scot.]
Burns.

Tryst

,
Verb.
I.
To mutually agree to meet at a certain place.
[Scot.]