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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Tress

/trĕs/ · IPA /tɹɛs/
01 n. A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet.
  1. 1.
    A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet.
    “Her yellow hair was braided in a tress.” Chaucer.
    “Fair tresses man's imperial race insnare.” Pope.
  2. 2.
    Fig.: A knot or festoon, as of flowers.