Tress
[tres] or [trɛs]
Definition
(n.) A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet.
(n.) Fig.: A knot or festoon, as of flowers.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Lock, curl, ringlet.
Typed by Harrison
Definition
n. a lock or curl of hair: a ringlet (esp. in pl.)—v.t. to form into tresses.—adjs. Tressed having tresses: formed into tresses or ringlets: curled; Tress′y pertaining to tresses like tresses.
Typist: Rebecca
Examples
- Carefully selecting one long tress, she smoothed it down with her hands, and held it out towards her lover. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He said, on condition that he might have his choice of a tress from my head. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- My dear, you most unquestionably ARE a lovely woman,' said the cherub, taking up a tress in his hand. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She stamped her foot with pretty petulance, so, seeing she was obstinate, he carefully sheared off the tress close to her head. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- His long luxuriant hair was trained to flow in quaint tresses down his richly furred cloak. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The tresses are soft as shadow, the shoulders they fall on wear a goddess grace. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Wasn't it one of these beau--tiful tresses? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- No fierce dry blast has dealt rudely with the surface of her frame; no burning sun has crisped or withered her tresses. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Shake your black tresses, maidens of Valhalla! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- One single white hair streaked her nut-brown tresses; she plucked it out with a shudder. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- But a quarter of an hour afterwards he was again in the dining-room, looking at the head with dishevelled tresses, and eyes turbid with despair. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She curled her lip and tossed her tresses. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I laid the two tresses together, and I assure you that they were identical. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Her nerves extended into those tresses, and her temper could always be softened by stroking them down. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- She threw the veil of tresses behind her ear. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- By a curious chance you came upon her tresses. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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