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circulation; O. Fr. _trigalle_, a lodging-house.

TREIN, TRENE, _adj._ Wooden; _treein_, S.

_Bellenden._

A. S. _treowen_, arboreus, ligneus.

~Trein mare~, a barbarous instrument of punishment, formerly used in the army.

_Spalding._

_To_ TREISSLE, _v. a._ To abuse by treading, Loth.

O. Fr. _tressaill-ir_, to leap or skip.

_To_ TREIT, TRETE, _v. a._ To entreat, Lanerks.; pret. _tret_.

_Dunbar._

O. Fr. _traict-er_, id. Lat. _tract-are_.

~Treyter~, _s._ A messenger for _treating_ of peace.

_Barbour._

TREITCHEOURE, _s._ A traitour; Fr. _trichear_.

_Douglas._

TRELLYEIS, TRELYEIS, _s. pl._ Currycombs.

Fr. _etrille_, Lat. _strigil-is_.

_Doug._

TREMBLING FEVERS, the ague, Ang.

_Trembling aixes_, Loth. from A. S. _ace_, dolor.

TRENSAND, _part. pr._ Cutting.

Fr. _trenchant_, id.

_Wallace._

TRENTAL, _s._ A service of thirty masses, which were usually celebrated upon as many different days, for the dead.

_Bannatyne P._

Fr. _trentel_, id. from _trente_, thirty.

_To_ TREST, to trust.

V. ~Traist~.

TREST, TRAIST, TRIST, _s._

1. The frame of a table, S. _tress_.

_Pal. Hon._

2. A tripod.

_Douglas._

3. The frames for supporting artillery.

_Acts Ja. V._

Fr. _tresteau_, fulcrum mensae.

TREST, _s._ A beam.

V. ~Trast~.

TRET, _adj._ Long and well proportioned.

_Wallace._

Fr. _traict_, _trait_, drawn out, lengthened.

TRETABYL, _adj._ Tractable, pliable.

_Douglas._

_To_ TRETE, _v. a._ To entreat.

V. ~Treit~.

~Tretie~, _s._ Entreaty.

_Henrysone._

TRETIE, _s._ A treatise.

Fr. _traité_.

_Dunbar._

TREVALLYIE, _s._ A train or retinue, implying the idea of its meanness, Clydes.

C. B. _trafull-iaw_, to bustle extremely.

TREVISS, TREVESSE, TRAVESSE, _s._

1. Any thing laid across by way of bar, S.

2. A counter or desk in a shop, S. B.

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