\Trist\, v. t. & i. [imp. {Triste}.] To trust. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
\Trist\, n. [See {Tryst}.] 1. Trust. [Obs.] 2. A post, or station, in hunting. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 3. A secret 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.
\Trist\, a. [F. triste, L. tristis.] Sad; sorrowful; gloomy. [Obs.] --Fairfax.