trine n.
the gallows, thus Tyburn.
Eng. Rogue I 53: Trine, Tyburn. | ||
Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: Trine, [...] Tyburn. | ||
Lives of Most Noted Highway-men, etc. I 209: He taught his Pupil a deal of canting Words, telling him [...] Trine, the Gallows. | ||
New Canting Dict. [as cit. c.1698]. | ||
Street Robberies Considered 34: Trine, Gallows or Tyburn. | ||
, , , | Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. [as cit. c.1698]. | |
, , | Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue n.p.: Trine, to hang; also Tyburn. | |
Dict. Sl. and Cant. | ||
Lex. Balatronicum [as cit. 1785]. | ||
‘Her Muns with a Grin’ in Swell!!! or, Slap-Up Chaunter 50: A cut from the trine — or milldolling line — / Or a Sam darkly met. | ||
Flash Dict. in Sinks of London Laid Open 128: Trine, the new drop. |