Tryst \Tryst\, n. [OE. trist, tryst, a variant of trust; cf. Icel. treysta to make trusty, fr. traust confidence, security. See Trust, n.]

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Tryst \Tryst\, v. t. [OE. tristen, trysten. See Tryst, n.]

1. To trust. [Obs.]

2. To agree with to meet at a certain place; to make an appointment with. [Scot.]

--Burns.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Tryst \Tryst\, v. i. To mutually agree to meet at a certain place. [Scot.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)