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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tryst \Tryst\, verb (used with an object) [OE. tristen, trysten. See {Tryst}, noun]
1. To trust. [Obs.]
2. To agree with to meet at a certain place; to make an appointment with. [Scot.] --Burns.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tryst \Tryst\, verb (used without an object) To mutually agree to meet at a certain place. [Scot.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tryst \Tryst\, noun [OE. trist, tryst, a variant of trust; cf. Icel. treysta to make trusty, fr. traust confidence, security. See {Trust}, noun]
1. Trust. [Obs.]
2. An appointment to meet; also, an appointed place or time of meeting; as, to keep tryst; to break tryst. [Scot. or Poetic]
{To bide tryst}, to wait, at the appointed time, for one with whom a tryst or engagement is made; to keep an engagement or appointment.
The tenderest-hearted maid That ever bided tryst at village stile. --Tennyson.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
tryst
noun
1: a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex [syn: {rendezvous}]
2: a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers) [syn: {assignation}]
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