Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TRESS, n. [Fr. and Dan. tresse; Sw. tress, a lock or weft of hair; Dan. tresser, Sw. tressa, Russ. tresuyu, to weave, braid, or twist. The Sp. has trenza, and the Port. trança, a tress. The French may possibly be from the It. treccia, but probably it is from the North of Europe.]

A knot or curl of hair; a ringlet. Fair tresses man's imperial race insnare. Pope.