Trice \Trice\, v. t. [OE. trisen; of Scand. or Low German
origin; cf. Sw. trissa a sheave, pulley, triss a spritsail
brace, Dan. tridse a pulley, tridse to haul by means of a
pulley, to trice, LG. trisse a pulley, D. trijsen to hoist.]
[Written also trise.]
1. To pull; to haul; to drag; to pull away. [Obs.]
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Out of his seat I will him trice. --Chaucer.
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2. (Naut.) To haul and tie up by means of a rope.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Trice \Trice\, n. [Sp. tris the noise made by the breaking of
glass, an instant, en un tris in an instant; probably of
imitative origin.]
A very short time; an instant; a moment; -- now used only in
the phrase in a trice. "With a trice." --Turbervile. " On a
trice." --Shak.
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A man shall make his fortune in a trice. --Young.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
trice
n : a very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the
heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a
flash" [syn: blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant,
jiffy, split second, twinkling, wink, New York
minute]
v 1: raise with a line; "trice a window shade" [syn: trice up]
2: hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope [syn: trice
up]
WordNet (r) 2.0
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "trice":
breath, coup, crack, flash, half a jiffy, half a mo, half a second,
half a shake, instant, jiff, jiffy, microsecond, millisecond,
minute, moment, sec, second, shake, split second, stroke, tick,
twink, twinkle, twinkling, twitch, two shakes, wink
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, New York minute, split second, trice up, twinkling, wink
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