Chaucer.
If ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father
forgive your trespasses.
Matt. vi. 15.
2. Any voluntary transgression of the moral law; any violation of a
known rule of duty; sin.
The fatal trespass done by Eve.
Milton.
You . . . who were dead in trespasses and sins.
Eph. if. 1.
3. (Law) (a) An unlawful act committed with force and violence (vi et
armis) on the person, property, or relative rights of another. (b) An
action for injuries accompanied with force.
Trespass offering (Jewish Antiq.), an offering in expiation of a
trespass. — Trespass on the case. (Law) See Action on the case, under
Case.
Syn. — Offense; breach; infringement; transgression; misdemeanor;
misdeed.
Tres"pass*er (?), n. One who commits a trespass; as: (a) (Law) One who
enters upon another's land, or violates his rights. (b) A transgressor
of the moral law; an offender; a sinner.
Tress (?), n. [OE. tresse, OF. trece, F. tresse, LL. tricia, fr. Gr.
tri`cha threefold, because a tress is usually formed by interlacing
three pieces; akin to trei^s three. See Three.] 1. A braid, knot, or
curl, of hair; a ringlet.
Her yellow hair was braided in a tress.
Chaucer.
Fair tresses man's imperial race insnare.
Pope.