From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Trey \Trey\, n. [OF. treis three, F. trois, L. tres. See
{Three}, and cf. {Tray-trip}.]
Three, at cards, dice, or dominoes; a card, die, or domino of
three spots or pips.
[1913 Webster]
Seven is my chance and thine is cinq and trey.
--Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
trey
n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
[syn: {three}, {3}, {III}, {trio}, {threesome}, {tierce},
{leash}, {troika}, {triad}, {trine}, {trinity}, {ternary},
{ternion}, {triplet}, {tercet}, {terzetto}, {trey}, {deuce-
ace}]
2: one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips [syn:
{trey}, {three}]
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