4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Tryst \Tryst\, verb (used with an object) [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.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Tryst \Tryst\, verb (used without an object) To mutually agree to meet at a certain place. [Scot.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

tryst

noun