tress

  • 1Tress — Tress, n. [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. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 2Tress 90 — (1990 1996) was a Norwegian software project meant to be the replacement for INFOTRYGD, a case worker support system, used by the Norwegian National Insurance Administration (trygdeetaten).Due to administrative, political, organizational and… …

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  • 3-tress — [tris] suffix female: see ESS * * * …

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  • 4tress — [ tres ] noun count LITERARY a long piece of a woman s hair a. tresses plural long hair that hangs down a woman s back …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 5tress — late 13c., long lock of hair, from O.Fr. tresse a plait or braid of hair (12c.), perhaps from V.L. *trichia braid, rope, from Gk. trikhia rope, from thrix (gen. trikhos) hair …

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  • 6tress — ► NOUN ▪ a long lock of a woman s hair. ORIGIN Old French tresse, perhaps from Greek trikha threefold …

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  • 7-tress — [tris] suffix female: see ESS …

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  • 8tress — [tres] n. [ME tresse < OFr, akin to It treccia < ? VL * trichea, a plait] 1. Obs. a braid or plait of hair 2. a lock of human hair 3. [pl.] a woman s or girl s hair, esp. when long and falling loosely …

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  • 9-tress — ending of feminines of agent nouns in ter, tor, etc., usually short for ter ess, tor ess: as in actress, auditress, huntress, mistress, seamstress, songstress, traitress …

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  • 10tress — ac·tress; an·ces·tress; ar·bi·tress; au·di·tress; ben·e·fac·tress; but·tress·less; cap·tress; co·ad·ju·tress; com·for·tress; con·duc·tress; dic·ta·tress; di·rec·tress; dis·tress·ful; dis·tress·ing·ly; doc·tress; ed·i·tress; elec·tress;… …

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