Trĭst1, a.
a. [Fr., Sp., & Pg. triste, Pr. trist, triste, It. tristo, Lat. tristis.] Sad; sorrowful; gloomy. [Obs.]
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Trist
Trĭst2, n.
n. [See TRYST.] 1. A post or station in hunting. [Obs.]
Sense 2. A secret meeting, or the place of such meeting; tryst. See TRYST.
George Douglas caused a trist to be set between him and the cardinal and four lords; at which trist he and the cardinal agreed finally. Letter dated Sept., 1543.
Sense 3. A cattle fair. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.