tryste

“I bide tryste,” was the reply; “and so I think do you, Mr. Osbaldistone.”

Rob Roy 2005

And it was a lucky chance, he said, that on that very day they had got notice that Westburnflat did not intend to keep his tryste at

The Black Dwarf 2004

On summer mornings I used to rise early, to enjoy them alone; on summer evenings, to linger solitary, to keep tryste with the rising moon, or taste one kiss of the evening breeze, or fancy rather than feel the freshness of dew descending.

Villette 2003

I found amusement in alternately exciting and lulling to sleep the causeless fears of my timorous companion, who tried in vain to induce a Scotchman with whom we dined in Darlington to ride with him, because the landlord informed us "that for as peaceable a gentleman as Mr. Campbell was, he was, moreover, as bold as a lion -- seven highwaymen had he defeated with his single arm, as he came from Whitson tryste."

The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction Various 1910

Westburnflat did not intend to keep his tryste at Castleton, but to hold them at defiance; so that a considerable party had assembled at the Heugh-foot, with the intention of paying a visit to the robber's tower on the ensuing morning, and their course was easily directed to Ellieslaw Castle.

The Black Dwarf 1898

She wears the alumni pin, with Edryn's crest on it and the motto 'I keep tryste.'

Mary Ware's Promised Land John Goss 1897

"I keep the tryste," whispered Mary, reading the motto of the scroll underneath.

The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware 1897

She turned the bit of delicate china so that Mrs. Sherman could see the crest, and the motto, "I keep tryste."

Mary Ware's Promised Land John Goss 1897

Thy braw chiel 'ul tryste wi' th 'hangman soon, I wat.'

The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance Hall Caine 1892

` ` Deil a fear o 'me (that I suld say sae) missing my tryste,' 'replied Andrew, very briskly; ` ` and if I might advise, we wad be aff twa hours earlier.

Rob Roy 1887