Obs. [Exclamatory use of OF. trai, tray, pa. pple. of traïr to betray: see Godef., Compl.] Betrayed! Treachery! Treason!
c. 1440. Lovelich, Merlin, xiv. 14130. And evere he cride: ‘Tray, tray, tray!’
1600–1. in Hatfield Papers (Hist. MSS. Comm.), XI. 46. But Orrell … did run and leap in the forefront with Sir Christopher Blount and Mr. Busshell, their weapons drawn, crying, ‘Saw, Saw, Saw, Saw, tray, tray.’
