13 January 2018

tress

[tres]

noun

1. Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
2. a plait or braid of hair.

Origin of tress

Middle English

1250-1300; Middle English tresse < Middle French: plait or braid of hair < ?

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Examples from the Web for tress

Historical Examples

She lifted a tress on her forefinger and smoothed it against the sunlight.
Fort Amity
Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

The glory of the pipe, as tress had suggested, lay in its carving.
The Lock And Key Library
Various

The more I examined the pipe the more amazed I was at tress ‘s generosity.
The Lock And Key Library
Various

Anagram

rests

Today’s quote

The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.

– James Buchanan

On this day

13 January 1893 – birth of Roy Cazaly, Australian Rules football legend, known for his high marks and ruck-work. Immortalised in the song, ‘Up there Cazaly‘, by The Two Man Band (Mike Brady & Peter Sullivan). Died 10 October 1963.

13 January 1929 – death of Wyatt Earp in Los Angeles, American gunfighter, famous for the gunfight at the OK Corral. He was 80 years old.

13 January 1939 – Black Friday fires in Victoria, Australia, covering more than 4,900,000 acres, destroying 1,000 homes and killing 71 people. It was one of the world’s worst bush-fire disasters.

13 January 2001 – a 7.1 magnitude earthquake hits El Salvador, killing 1,000 people