The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Trist \Trist\, a. [F. triste, L. tristis.]
   Sad; sorrowful; gloomy. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Trist \Trist\, v. t. & i. [imp. Triste.]
   To trust. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Trist \Trist\, n. [See Tryst.]
   1. Trust. [Obs.]
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   2. A post, or station, in hunting. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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   3. A secret meeting, or the place of such meeting; a tryst.
      See Tryst. [Obs.]
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            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.
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