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1 trica [CL pl. = tangle of difficulties, complications; in sense 1 ? assoc. w. θρίξ; cf. et. CL intricare etc.], 1 trix 1 tress of hair, braid. b (transf.) comet. trix est capilli vel pili Gloss. Poems 103; inventa fuit in eodem sepulchro ~a muliebris flava et formosa, miroque artificio conserta et contricata, uxoris scilicet Arthuris Gir. Spec. II 8; et hoc patet in ~is puellarum virginum antequam coeant que post multum coitus perdunt capillos et colorem M. Scot Phys. 2; s1057 nuda equum ascendens, crines capitis et ~as dissolvens, corpus suum totum ‥ inde velavit M. Par. Maj. I 527; tertia pars [sepulcri] ‥ ossa mulieris conclusit. ubi et ~a come mulieris flava cum integritate pristina et colore reperta est Knighton I 150; tresse of heere, ~a PP.  b sunt ‥ ~e quedam celestia corpora in temporibus diversis apparentia, que vulgus cometas vel crinitas appellat Gros. Com. 36. 2 (in gl.) hairband, ornamental headdress or hair arrangement. an herebande, ~a, crinale, nexus CathA; dorlot, ~a, caliendrum PP. 3 (in gl.) root. ~a pro radice ‥ dicitur Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 591; a rute, radix ‥ stirps, ~a CathA. 4 pleat (of fabric). [acus] grossas ad birri ~as [gl.: geruns] polliendas Neckam Ut. 101. 5 projection on plate inside lock, ward of lock. a warde of a loke, ~a, tricatura CathA. 6 delay, slowness, or that which retards or impedes. corporis incommoditas ‥ dicto citius curaretur et ‥ sine ~arum [gl.: morarum vel tarditatem] obstaculo sanaretur Aldh. VirgP 25; ~a ‥ pro quolibet impedimento dicitur Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 591; a tareyinge, cunctacio, mora, tarditas, ~a CathA. 7 (in gl.) deception, falsehood. a falsed, falsitas ‥ ~a CathA.
2 trica v. trix

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