n. A plait, braid, lock, or curl of hair; any distinct portion of the hair of the head, especially when long; in the plural, the hair of the head, especially when growing abundantly.To furnish with or form into tresses: chiefly in the past participle used adjectively.n. An obsolete form of trace.n. A dialectal variant of trest.n. A termination of some feminine nouns. See -ess .