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meeting, or the place of such meeting; a tryst. See Tryst. [Obs.] George Douglas caused a trist to be set between him and the cardinal and four lords; at the which trist he and the cardinal agreed finally. Letter dated Sept., 1543.

A cattle fair. [Prov. Eng.]

Tristearin.

See Stearin.

Sad; sorrowful; gloomy. Shak. Eyes so tristful, eyes so tristful, Heart so full of care and cumber. Longfellow.

In a tristful manner; sadly.

Arranged in three vertical rows.

Having, or consisting of, three stigmas. Gray.

To make sad. [Obs.] Feltham.

Any one of numerous species of trematode worms belonging to Tristoma and allied genera having a large posterior sucker and two small anterior ones. They usually have broad, thin, and disklike bodies, and are parasite on the gills and skin of fishes.

See Trist, a. [Obs.] Ashmole.

One versed in belleslettres.

Occupied with, or pertaining to, belles-lettres. "An unlearned, belletristic trifler." M. Arnold.

A worshiper of books; especially, a worshiper of the Bible; a believer in its verbal inspiration. De Quincey.

To make sad. [Obs.] To deject and contrist myself. Sterne.

To make sorrowful. [Obs.] Bacon.

One who writes in hexameters. "The Christian hexametrists." Milman.

A maker of verses. Bale. Spenser was no mere metrist, but a great composer. Lowell.

To mistrust. [Obs.] Chaucer.

One who is skilled in or practices optometry.