Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TRICK, v.t.² [W. treciaw, to furnish or harness, to trick out; trec, an implement, harness, gear, from rhêç, a breaking forth, properly a throwing or extending. This may be a varied application of the foregoing word.]

To dress; to decorate; to set off; to adorn fantastically. Trick her off in air. – Pope. It is often followed by up, off, or out. People are lavish in tricking up their children in fine clothes, yet starve their minds. – Locke.