v. Obs. Also 3 tricche, 5 trecche. [a. OF. trichier, trechier (3rd s. pres. triche, triche), to deceive, cheat, in Picard trikier, (trike), mod.F. tricher, Prov. trichar, triquar, It. treccare. Ulterior origin uncertain: supposed by Diez to be from a German dialect (cf. also Mackel, Germ. elemente in franz., 104); but others think from a late L. *triccāre for L. trīcārī to trifle, shuffle, play tricks, f. trīcæ trifles, quirks, wiles, tricks (see Storm in Romania, V. 172).
For the family of words belonging to this vb. see TREACHER to TREACHERY, also TRICHARD, and (more remotely) TRICK and its derivatives.]
trans. To deceive, cheat, betray, play false with.
c. 1230. Hali Meid., 9. Nu þu sest þat ha habbeð itricchet te as treitres.
a. 1327. Pol. Songs (Camden), 69. Richard, thah thou be ever trichard, trichen shalt thou never more.
c. 1425. Cast. Persev., 253, in Macro Plays, 84. Þese iij are nobyl, trewly I trowe, Mankynde to tenyn, & trecchyn a tyde.
