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trey

  [trey] ,
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–noun
a playing card or a die having three pips.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < MF trei(s) < L trēs three
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trey   (trā)   
n.   pl. treys
A card, die, or domino with three pips.

[Middle English treye, from Old French treie, from Latin tria, neuter of trēs, three; see trei- in Indo-European roots.]
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trey 
c.1386, "card, die, or domino with three spots," from O.Fr. treis, oblique case of treie "three," from L. tria (neut.) "three" (see three).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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