Noah Webster
Treaty
TRE'ATY, noun Negotiation; act of treating for the adjustment of differences, or for forming an agreement; as, a treaty is on the carpet.
He cast by treaty and by trains
Her to persuade.
1. An agreement, league or contract between two or more nations or sovereigns, formally signed by commissioners properly authorized, and solemnly ratified by the several sovereigns or the supreme power of each state. Treaties are of various kinds, as treaties for regulating commercial intercourse, treaties of alliance, offensive and defensive, treaties for hiring troops, treaties of peace, etc.
2. Intreaty. [Not in use.]