'Tress' definitions:
Definition of 'tress'
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Definition of 'Tress'
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- Tress \Tress\, n. [OE. tresse, OF. trece, F. tresse, LL. tricia, fr. Gr. tri`cha threefold, because a tress is usually formed by interlacing three pieces; akin to trei^s three. See Three.]
- 1. A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet. [1913 Webster]
- Her yellow hair was braided in a tress. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Fair tresses man's imperial race insnare. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: A knot or festoon, as of flowers. --Keats. [1913 Webster]