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Tre, Trie, n.¹ Also: trey, tree, try, ter(e)y(e, thre. Pl. also teres, -is, tris, triis, trense. [ME and e.m.E. treu(we (both c1200), treo (c1290), tre(e (both Cursor M.), trie (1562-3), OE treow, tríow, ON tré, MDu. (in comb.) -tere.]There is considerable overlap between the senses.

1. A tree, chiefly, a growing tree, also fallen or uprooted by natural agencies.For trees specified as a particular sort, birktre, palme tre, etc., see the first element or the combined term.sing. 1375 Barb. x 728.
He till his bak had set a tre a1400 Leg. S. xxii 3.
A fare tre callit lawrane c1420 Wynt. i 102.
Thai … levys of the tre can powle c1490 Irland Asl. MS 40/24.
In the spring … mennis nature … burgeonis as the tre & herbe 1490 Irland Mir. I 54/15.
A tre weill grundit in the erd, that has the rute weill sestynnit [etc.] 1490 Irland Mir. III 3/1.
The frute of the tre of sciens of gud and euill 1531 Bell. Boece I xlviii.
Ane gret tre was brocht, be … flex of the see, to land 1551 Hamilton Cat. 34.
Ilk tre that bringis nocht furth gude frute, sal be hewin doune a1568 Scott ii 77.
Als gude the tre had nevir growin Quhairof my speir wes maid 1609 Dundonald Par. Rec. 192.
Jonat Fultoun … brocht hame grane of asch treis(b) 1581 Edinb. B. Rec. IV 218.
Ane young trey in the buriale yarde plantit be the town(c) ?1438 Alex. i 537.
He … sawe ane gud knicht … allane, vnder ane trie a1598 Ferg. Prov. MS No. 707.
He wots not what trie grots growes on a1598 Ferg. Prov. MS No. 1139.
Put not your hand betuix the rynd & the trie [1641 tree] 1665–7 Lauder Jrnl. 121.
We might as weill say that the piot that bigs on my try is myne 1500-1699 Herbarius Latinus Annot. lx (Bot.).
Iwie that growis about the tries(d) 15.. Dunb. App. vii 2.
In all oure gardyn growis thare na flouris, Herbe nor tree that frute hes borne this ȝere a1598 Ferg. Prov. No. 695 (see (c) above).
Tree 1587-99 Hume 28/77.
Trees and simples … That balmie leife do beir a1598 Ferg. Prov. MS No. 134.
Airlie crookis the tree the good kammock sould be a1658 Durham Blessedness Death (1713) 31.
As the tree falls so it will ly 1684 Symson Descr. Galloway 79.
Ane excrescence … which the countrey people … get from the roots of trees and … make use of to … dy a kind of orangepl. 1375 Barb. xi 305.
In the park amang the treys [C. treis] The hors-men alwayis [cummerit beis] 1424–5 Acts II 7/2.
Thaim that … stelis grene wode or pelis the barkis of treys distroyande woddis 1456 Hay II 28/30.
To cutt doune treis that hynderis labouragis of landis [etc.] a1500 Henr. Orph. 146.
Quhill all the foulis of the wod can syng, And treis dansit with thar leves grene a1500 Seven S. 295.
A fair orchard … Of frutfull treis 1507–8 Treas. Acc. IV 101.
To George Campbell, gardinar … for treis to plant … xlv s. 1549 Compl. 121/26.
[He] gart his sodiours pul doune the crops of the green treis … & than gart lat louse the crops of the tua treis and tha sprang vp 1602 Shetland Sheriff Ct. (ed.) 20.
Sax lang treis of fir drevin in about the yle of Papa 1618 Crim. Trials III 458.
Dilatit of airt and pairt of the cutting down of certane grit growand treyis

b. In comparisons, where some aspect of a tree is used to characterise a person. a1400 Leg. S. xviii 1006.
Gret cald … I haf tholyt … Sa that I vmquhyle wald be Hard frosyne as ony tre a1500 Henr. Robene & M. 66.
Robene on his wayis went, Als licht as leif of tre a1500 Sir Eger 316.
More weak and weary might no man be And dry'd for blood as any tree a1500 Seven S. 1482.
Ane ald man dry as a tre c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 182.
Thy laithly lymis ar lene as ony treis 1535 Stewart 43872.
Quaikand for dreid as ony leif of tre 1581 Sat. P. xliv 34.
Sik man, sik maister … Sik trie, sik fructe

c. The woody parts of a tree, the trunk and branches. a1400 Leg. S. vi 402.
The tothir ensampil tane ma be Sufficiandly be the wyne-tre—Tre, & leffe, & froite with-all, Bot a wyne-tree we call

2. A part of a tree broken or cut off and used a. In some celebratory fashion, esp. as a crown. b. As kindling wood.a. 1513 Doug. vii ii 66.
With a grene branch of tre He dyd involup and aray his hed 1513 Doug. xiii Prol. 87.
On his hed of lawrer tre a crown 1549 Compl. 149/2.
Ane croune of laure tre a1585 Maitl. Q. 224/43.
Scho … in hir hand ane flourishit trie did beir 1590 Burel Queen's Entry 16.
Young ramel, wrocht like lawrell treisb. 1375 Barb. xvii 613.
Ter … haiff thai tane And lynt … And dry treyis that weill wald brin

3. A tree felled for timber; the trunk of a tree used as timber, passing into a balk or beam of wood put to various uses. Passing into sense 4 below. Trense (pl. (2) below) may be a reduplication of the plural forms -n and -s. This, however, would be the only Sc. example of -n plural. Cf. triis at sense 10 below.sing. 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 2078.
Out ouir the stank … Was laid ane tre, ouir quhilk behouit vs pas 1533 Treas. Acc. VI 160.
For ane tree to be ane lymmer to ane of the falcounis cartis quhilk brek in Hadingtoune 1567 Crim. Trials I i 497.
An tre, holit and howkit like an troch 1574 Edinb. D. Guild Acc. 25.
Ane trie of xxxvj fute tobe ane ledder to the kirk 1574–5 Haddington Treas. Acc. 24.
Ane gret tre to be ane new axtre to the kyrk myll(b) 1607–8 Misc. Spald. C. V 137.
For aikyn tymber, 26 lib. … for ane aikin thre, 3 lib.(c) 1597 Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 22a.
For the tereye to be sadellis ane pes dell to for our tope mastepl. (1) 1398–1400 Aberd. B. Rec. (SHS) 175.
Fra Robert Dunccansoun xx akyn treys, xiii s. iiii d. 1453 Misc. Spald. C. V 50.
For treis to the brander ande the ankyris a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 469.
Thair wes … Wrightis welterand doune treis … Ordanit hurdys [etc.] 1494 Treas. Acc. I 248.
For the drawyne of viij treis fra the Sallache to the bote, and to a towar to gid thame, v s. iiij d. 1501 Treas. Acc. II 84.
For thre jestis send to Strivelin … for cutting of the samyn treis 1505 Treas. Acc. III 137.
For … tua treis quhilk suld be pompes to the schip 1506–7 Reg. Episc. Glasg. II (App. i) 613.
To the sawine of … burdis and treis neidful to the said werk 1512 Treas. Acc. IV 297.
For j^c treis for ane litill boit 1513 Doug. iv vii 75.
The burgionyt treys on burd thai bring for aris Weltis down in woddis gret mastis [etc.] 1513 Doug. iv xii 64.
This byng of treys, thir altaris, and fyris hait 1537 Ayr Common Good Acc.
For ij sauchyn treis to be nalis ii s. 1573–4 E. Loth. Antiq. Soc. VII 72.
For tua jestis to the kirk … Item the sammin day to Henry Campbell to waill the said tua treis … in Abirlady(b) 1445 (c1580) Edinb. B. Rec. I 8.
Of the hundir plankis and treyis, viij d.(c) 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. i 153b.
Saidlers sould be challanged, that they make the saidelles of grene tries 1611 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I 333.
Foure double tris to be lath to the coch house 1618 M. Works Acc. (ed.) II 114.
Thrie tries of aik to be brydellis iij lib. … to sex men that brocht them in ane boit fra Dunglas 1623–4 Peebles B. Rec. I 412.
Trieis(d) 1642 Mylne Master Masons 138.
The mending of the pillar will cost a thousand marks and thrie scoer singill trees, threttie double trees, two hundred daills [etc.] 1683 Bonckle Kirk S. 65.
Dails … for communion tables, and trees to be their feet(2) 1556–7 Edinb. Old Acc. I 211.
Item for trense and carying away of the grit plank and ij daillis and the tymmer out of the tolbuyth

4. A balk or beam of wood supplying a major element of a structure, a rafter, post, stake, mast, etc.For further examples see also Bere-tre n., Double adj. 3 (3), Kill n.¹ 3, Litstar n. c (1), Palȝo(u)n(e n. 5 (1), Pan n.² b (1), Perch-tre n., Ruf(e)-tre n. 1449 Acts II 36/1.
That thar eris be nalyt to the trone or to ane vthir tre and cuttit of c1475 Wall. ix 130.
Luk at thow stand strekly be this tre … Quhen I thé warn lat draw the saill agane 1501 Treas. Acc. II 82.
i^c treis to the scaffating in Strivelin 1513 Doug. i Prol. 298.
Quha is attachit ontill a staik … May go na ferthir bot wreil about that tre 1517 Treas. Acc. V 122.
He causit ber all the stuff … to the artalȝe hous, quhelis, and gun stokkis and uthir treis 1530–1 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 110.
Four greit treis of ane lowm 1534 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 140 (see Tron(e n. 1 (1) (d)).
Tre 1535 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 157.
Thatt all the geir, viz., balkis, tres one loftis … in all and sindry hous … sal stand still … as thai var in tyme of sessing gevin 1543 Ayr Common Good Acc.
For cordis to the pauilȝeoun treis 1554–5 Edinb. B. Rec. II 303.
For uther twa geistis … for twa corbellis … for … inlaying of thir treis 1565 Treas. Acc. XI 388.
For ane male to the treis of the kingis graces bed 1566–7 Crail B. Ct. 20 Feb.
Ane standing bed … and sax flyin treis 1612 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I 326.
Ane parpanvall to be maid … quhilk takis seaven dellis and ane trie 1638 Banff Ann. I 81.
The said Dauid to be … bund to the trie at the kirk styill 1657 Aberd. B. Rec. IV 166.
Ane great trie … borrowit … to be ane extrie for the wind milne [etc.] … for restoring alse good ane trie in lenth and squar 1659 Edinb. B. Rec. IX 146.
Alexander Noble gave in a bill … agains David Guthrie, litster, for removeing of his litster trees … that he cannot sie … when the webs ar hinging upon the trees 1696 Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Deeds II 752.
Ane stable of thrie trees with two couple of ane byer … all sufficient in timber and thack

5. a. The cross on which Christ was crucified. b. A gallows or other similar means of execution. See also Gallow-tre n. c. The stocks.a. a1400 Leg. S. i 624.
Dere lorde, sall thu ȝet be Eftir crucifit one the tre? a1400 Leg. S. iii 333.
That gebat wes the haly tre a1500 Henr. Bludy Serk 101.
Chryst, that deit on tre c1490 Irland Asl. MS 76/10.
His … deid on the tre of the croce a1500 Bk. Chess 121.
Takyne he was and hyngit on a treb. a1400 Leg. S. ii 665.
Quhat kind of tre Hym [sc. Seneca] lykit one to hangit be a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 438.
I war wourthy to be Hingit heigh on ane tre a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 400.
I sall … syne wyth tresone, trone thé to the treis c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 211/23.
Sum … nevir fra taking can hald thair hand, Quhill he be tit vp to ane tre 1560 Rolland Seven S. 2969.
Thay … the corps … On the gallous leit it hing … And … the sone efter the fatheris deid Wald not burie … his heid, Nor of the treis his bodie wald doun take 1560 Rolland Seven S. 7884.
Scho … said, gude Schir, now to the treis him ta 1569-73 Bann. Memor. 231.
The fyve brocht to Leith wer hangit eftir thair incuming bot one … was sent to the abbay which flowred captane Mitchallis gallous for the which vther two … wer brocht furth and hangit vpoun Mowtrais tries 1617 Crim. Trials III 587.
The treyis, gibbettis, and galloussis of all the cuntriec. c1520-c1535 Nisbet Acts xvi 24.
He put thame into the ynner presoun, and strenyeit the feet of thame in a tre

6. A pole, shaft or staff, used esp. as a weapon; (that part of) an implement or structure consisting of a pole- or rod-like piece of wood.See also Perk-tre n., Perkin-tre n. 1375 Barb. iii 584.
Newys … That wont to spayn gret speris war, Swa spaynyt aris that … Full oft the hyde leve on the tre 1375 Barb. xiii 238.
Schetis … Thai festnyt in steid off baneris Apon lang treys and speris c1475 Wall. ii 97.
A huntyn staff … Thar with he smat … Bot for his tre litill sonȝhe he maid c1475 Wall. iii 147.
Wallace … The grounden sper throuch his body schar. The shafft to schonkit off the fruschand tre ?a1500 Dewoit Exerc. 59.
Ȝour blist heid, thai dang apoun … with gret treis and gluffis of plait 15.. Christis Kirk 86 (M).
The bow in flenders flew Sa was the will of God trow I For had the tre bene trew [etc.] 1581 Hamilton Cath. Tr. in Cath. Tr. (STS) 87/24.
The changeing of the maist bitter flude … in sueit valter be Moyses trie crassin thairin 1588 Reg. Privy C. IV 270.
The said Robert Lekky … maliciouslie straik and dang thame with rungis and treis 1597 Misc. Spald. C. I 165.
Ye all dansit a deuilische danse, rydand on treis a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xlix 24.
We dout not bot they [sc. knights] dar, In play or ernest, be bold to brek a tre 1607 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. II 19.
xxx^c stingis, x dossane car treis 1638 Henderson Serm. 400.
When they read them, they were easy to open up, for they were rolled up upon trees 1687 Misc. Spald. C. V 236.
The said Alexander Chalmer did strick the said complainer over the head with a tree

b. A small rod-like object. Cf. also tre-nail in sense 13 a. 1538 Treas. Acc. VI 428.
Silk and bobane treis 1668 R. Brown Paisley I 301 (see Pin n.¹ 1 (1)).
Tries

c. transf. The penis. 16… Trip and Goe Hey in Wode's Psalter (ed.) 245a.
Come rake me the rowing tree

7. a. The wooden part of an object or structure, esp. a plough or saddle. b. A block on which a boot is shaped or stretched.See also Girth n.² 3, Maser n. 3 b (3), Swingill-tre n.a., b. a1400 Leg. S. xxv 134.
His hand clewyt to The muldebred … For he wrocht one the haly day, The tre til his hand clawe 1535 Stewart 52418.
Vpoun ane hors he fand … Without saidill, curpall, tre, or brydill, To Roxburch he tuke the narrest way 1541 Aberd. B. Rec. I 176.
Ane pair of buyt treis 1658 Lamont Diary 110.
They were … crossing the bridge ther, the trie being lowse, ther foote slipped 1676 Corshill Baron Ct. 134.
Alexander Galt … persued Alexander Dickie … for restitutione of ane tree borrowed be him

8. A barrel.See also Hamburgh n. 1 (a), Helding ppl. adj., Keling n. b, Killin(g n. b and Salmond n. 2 (3). Cf. Terc(e n. 4.(1) a1500 Seven S. 767.
He … A tvme toun gart tak … And boryt the bodome in holis … Ȝone herbe … gerris the watter stop … that neuer a drope It lattis cum of ȝone borit tre 1497 Treas. Acc. I 344.
Ane pipe of aill, tree and all 1513 Treas. Acc. IV 498.
For tume treis to put aile intill 1522–3 Dundee B. Ct. I 120b (14 Jan.).
My lord sall pay … the tane half of the treis of the new fisch 1542 Treas. Acc. VIII 153.
Tene kyngkennis of powder, weyand clene by the treis 1546 Treas. Acc. VIII 454.
vj dosoun tume treis to put thair victuale in 1569 Edinb. Test. I 247.
Ane tre of Frenche wairis 1572–3 Canongate Ct. Bk. 432.
Twa barrellis salmond … and als pay to the said Williame Montro the prices of the tume treis of the saidis barrellis 1579 Conv. Burghs I 89.
Thatt the barrellis and treis quhairin the saidis fisches ar pakkit be of iust mesour 1596 Edinb. Test. XXIX 316b.
Ane pwnschoun of boyane wyne in ane Burdeaux trie 1610 Brechin Test. II 102b.
Ane trey of stiffinge 1613–14 Misc. Spald. C. V 94.
Twa Inglis treis to put the said bukis in 1 lib. 4 s. 1647 Edinb. Test. LXIII 223.
Twa small treis of sugar 1681 Biggar 138.
Two four gallon trees 1681 Blackness Customs 35b.
Three tres of French wyne(b) 1594 Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 2b.
For ane ponchone beir tery and all xii s. 1594 Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 2b.
For ane tery to pak 1594 Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 5b (see Rone n.³).
Terye 1598 Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 10b.
For gerding the water terye 1598 Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 24b.
Ane boyene tereye of xii bollis ane half 1600 Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 33b.
For ii teres and heding 1589–1600 Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 51a.
For ane tereye to be ane dankerell to pot doune our well xl s. 1589–1600 Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 62b.
For twa teryes to pot bred ine viii s. 1589–1600 Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 66a.
For barell peke ane pes terye iiii pound xiii s. c1595 Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 72b.
Teris c1595 Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 72b.
Ane pype and gret teryecoll. 1668 Rothesay B. Rec. 159.
Anent sume salt and trie which they war to carie from this to Lochfyne in the said John Campbell his boat who … pute thair barrells aschore 1676 Glasgow Chart. II 199.
To import salt and trie for their fishingattrib. c1598 Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 14a.
Ane half honderis terey nallis vi s. 1597 Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 22a.
For tereye nallis(2) 1559 Old Dundee I 58.
Salmon and herring treis 1566 Crail B. Ct. 28 May.
Twa heryng tryis for ane vyne pyp price of ilk barrall v s. 1591 Edinb. Test. XXIII 87.
Tua last of dry war treis 1612 Reg. Privy C. IX 353.
[Four] beir treis [full of linen yarn] 1613 Conv. Burghs II 382.
The impost … at Campheir of … ane quheit trie ane schilling … ane alm trie four gritt, ane trie copras four gritt

b. transf. A hollow wooden structure, the Trojan horse. 1513 Doug. ii i 60.
In this tre ar Grekis closit

9. Wood, the substance. Also pl.See also Maser n. 3 b (1).Some quots. may belong in senses 3 or 4 above. 1443 Reg. Cambuskenneth 127.
Guttaris of leid, tre or stane 1460 Charter (Reg. H.) C.O. No. 56.
I gaff saisyng … to Katryne Inglis … of the landis of the Kyrktone … be the gyffyn of erd tre & stane 1473 Reg. Cupar A. I 173.
To mak a sufficiand bryg of tre c1475 Wall. iv 510.
Burdyn, duris and lokis … All werk of tre 1488 Treas. Acc. I 81.
A trouch of cipre tre 1490 Irland Mir. II 92/37.
The fyr … distroyis amaist all thinge … as tre cole vly [etc.] a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 994 (Asl.).
A croce to beire of tre 1494 Prot. Bk. J. Young 163.
Twa standard beddis of tre a1500 Bk. Chess 725.
That dische … and cop war all of tre 1501 Treas. Acc. II 22.
Tua staffes to the kingis batale axes of tre 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 1373.
Ane plank of fir tre 1513 Doug. ix xii 41.
A huge speir of haill tre, With bark and knottis altogidder 1513 Doug. xi xv 46.
The kyndillit byngis of fyr tre [L. pineus ardor] 1557–8 Edinb. Old Acc. I 264.
For ane pece tre that lyis a quhort the dam 1568 Skeyne Descr. Pest 19.
Fyre made of … the tre and granis of iuniper 1517 Misc. Spald. C. II 79.
xii half galloun stopis of tre 1581 Edinb. B. Rec. IV 215.
The townis syluer mase … wes fund to extend to twa pund fourtene vnce and ane half trie and all 1622-6 Bisset I 71 marg.
Schir John Faustus of Guttemburg … maid the first carrectaris of letteris on leid and triepl. a1538 Abell 8a.
The gold the mettill and precious threis at wes in it [sc. Solomon's temple] c1550 Lynd. Test. Meldrum 54.
Ane coistlie caruit schryne Of ceder treis, or of cyper fyne

b. Const. of the cros, the wood of Christ's cross, as a holy object or object of veneration. c1453–4 Coll. St. Salvator 159.
A pes off the tre of the cros that our Saluator wes crucifyit on a1538 Abell 51a.
Cosdra … spulȝet … the tre of the halie crus

10. Only pl.: ? Wooden objects of little value. Cf. Treyn(e adj. (n.) 1 b.There may be confusion between -en as a plural form (altered to regular Sc. -is) and as an adjectival ending. c1630 Misc. Hist. Soc. II 265 (see Trantillis n. pl.).
Triis

11. A representation of a tree.‘In the articles of jousting quoted by Marc of Vulson, La Science Héroique, ch. xli, Le Vray Théâtre d'Honneur, vol. i., ch. xx, it is stated that there would be in the lists at Edinburgh Castle the Tree of Esperance … On this tree were to be hung for the space of five weeks five shields, one each week, of the challengers;' Treas. Acc. III li, lii.See also Palm(e)-tre(e n. c1450-2 Howlat 398 (A).
The … pursevantis gyde was … Brusit with ane grene tre a1500 Rauf C. 457.
He bair grauit in gold … Ane tyger ticht to ane tre 1507 Treas. Acc. III 394.
For xxxvij peris to the tree of esperance 1507 Treas. Acc. III 394.
For making of xviij dosan of leifis to the tre of esperance 1561 Inv. Q. Mary 29.
In broderie with great treis, … and branches of holine

12. fig. a. In senses 1 and 3 above. b. A family or genealogical tree.a. a1500 Colk. Sow Prol. 32.
At his ending he Frome on fair ymp fell doun a widderit tre 1551 Hamilton Cat. 288.
Quhasa hes biggit apon the foundatioun of our Christin faith, treis, hay or stybbil … sall be saiffit be the fyre a1561 Q. Kennedy Breif Tract. (ed.) 116/22.
The vordis of our saluiour, sayand, ‘I am the dure’, ‘I am the vine tre’ 1679 J. Somerville Mem. II 351-2.
[It was] ordinary for [the Scots] to attribute ther great successe to the … justice of their cause, untill divyne justice trysted them with some crosse dispensatione, and then you might have heard … , that it pleased the Lord to give his oune the heavyest end of the tree to bearb. 1671 Douglas Corr. 269.
The tree of the famely of Douglas

13. attrib. a. Made of wood, wooden. b. Of or belonging to a tree. c. Deriving from a tree. d. Applying to a tree.a. c1475 Wall. ix 1515.
Thai had brynt all tre werk [1570 trein werk] 1494–5 Treas. Acc. I 229.
Item for tree veschell vj s. viij d. 1503–4 Treas. Acc. II 284.
To by tree nales for the schip 1504–5 Treas. Acc. II 476.
Tua tre axes 1516 Treas. Acc. V 94.
For … tre burdis and irne werk for the bak barras ȝet 1531 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 117.
Ane tre trouch 1533 Boece 157.
Ane tre brig 1559 Peebles B. Rec. I 254.
The tre briggis and legis of Peblis brig to be mendit 1571 Prot. Bk. A. Millar 10a.
Ane trie plewcht 1574–5 Haddington Treas. Acc. 2a.
To the smyth for … ane prenting yrin to the tre stoppis 1581 Red Bk. Menteith II 421.
For iiij pwnsiounes to be trie nailiis 1587–8 Edinb. B. Rec. IV 515.
The thesaurer to caus mak ane pair of trey buits according to the patrone thairof come from Dundie 1597 Edinb. Test. XXX 162a.
Bone camis … xx s. … trie camis … iij s. iiij d. 1638–9 Peebles Gleanings 244.
For fyftie single garrons to naill downe dealles quhich were blawing up in the tree brigs, 8 s. 4 d. 1648 Skipper's Acc. (Smettone) 1b.
For 3 trie pletes & 3 diches 2 s. 1665 Strathendrick 107.
To ane poor man, being ane criple with ane trie legg 1668 Rothesay B. Rec. 150.
1 brasen filler with a trie filler 1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. (1681) ii 24.
To destroy … Troy … By help of that tree horseb. 1513 Doug. viii Prol. 181.
Vndre a tre rute Begouth this aucht buke 1560 Rolland Seven S. 2151.
That the tre crop he suld gar turne dounwartc. 1596 Dalr. I 28 marg.
The fyre … war of moss trie [marg. trie wod] or staned. 1539 Treas. Acc. VII 344.
Price of the tre cutting and sawing vj d.