Tryst (?), n. [OE. trist, tryst, a variant of trust; cf. Icel. treysta to make trusty, fr. traust confidence, security. See Trust, n.] 1. Trust.
2. An appointment to meet; also, an appointed place or time of meeting; as, to keep tryst; to break tryst.
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.