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Definition of Treague
1. n. A truce.
Definition of Treague
1. Noun. (obsolete) A truce. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Treague
1. a truce [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Treague
Literary usage of Treague
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"treague, «. A truce, or cessation of arms ; trenga, German, or tregua, Italian.
Slie them besought, during their quiet ..."
2. A Glossary of Obscure Words and Phrases in the Writings of Shakspeare and by Charles Mackay (1887)
"uses truce, which still survives, but never treague. ... treague comes immediately
from treig, to cease, to desist, in the conflict of arms. ..."
3. The Gaelic Etymology of the Languages of Western Europe and More Especially by Charles Mackay (1877)
"She them besought during their quiet treague Into her lodging to repair awhile
... whence " treague," as used by Spenser, a temporary relinquishment of arms ..."
4. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1872)
"treague, *. A trace, or cessation of arms ... She them besought, during their
quiet treague, Into her lodging to repaire awhile. ..."
5. A Glossary by Robert Nares (1872)
"She them besought, during their quiet treague, Into her lodging to repaire awhile.
Spent. F. Ç., II, ii, 33. ..."
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