Obs. Origin and meaning obscure.
(Variously conjectured to be a variant or erroneous form of TRACE sb.1 in sense ‘way, course (of action),’ or of TRIST, TRYST.)
c. 1460. G. Ashby, Dicta Philos., 598. A kynge sholde not sett hym selfe in myche price, Ner his counseil haue of hym gouernance, Ne ofte use huntyng, keping wele his trice, Ner take any newe way by ignorance. [L. Decet regem non multum appreciare seipsum, nec gubernari suo consilio, nec vti frequenter venacione, nec incedere semita quam ignorat.]
