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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tress \Tress\, noun [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.
Her yellow hair was braided in a tress. --Chaucer.
Fair tresses man's imperial race insnare. --Pope.
2. Fig.: A knot or festoon, as of flowers. --Keats.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
tress
noun: a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair [syn: {braid}, {plait}, {twist}]
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