trental

[Old Fr. trentel, trental =a trental, from trente -thirty; Low Lat. trentale =a trental, from Lat. triginta =thirty, from tres =three.] 1. Roman Ritual : An office for the dead consisting of thirty ma es rehearsed for thirty days succe ively after a death. "Let ma be said, and trentals read, When thou'rt to convent gone." *2. A dirge, an elegy. Trěnt-on, s. [See def.] Scott: Rokeby, v. 27. trephine trě-păn' (2), *tra-păn', v. t. [TREPAN (2), 8] To snare, to trap, to ensnare, to cheat. "A writing wherein his main intentions were comprised, so to trepan him into his destruction." - Fuller: Worthies ; Yorkshire.