a. [f. TRESS sb. + -Y.] Resembling, characterized by, or adorned with tresses.
1614. Sylvester, Bethulia’s Rescue, III. 230. Like two Popplars which … their tressie Tops doe hide Amid the Clouds.
1795. Coleridge, Lewti, 10. Pendent boughs of tressy yew.
a. 1845. Hood, Ruth, iv. Her hat, with shady brim, Made her tressy forehead dim.
