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trice |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.] Out of his seat I will him trice. --Chaucer. 2. (Naut.) To haul and tie up by means of a rope. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. A man shall make his fortune in a trice. --Young. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: trice n : a very short time; "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash" [syn: {blink of an eye}, {flash}, {instant}, {jiffy}, {split second}, {twinkling}, {wink}, {New York minute}] v 1: raise with a line as of a window shade [syn: {trice up}] 2: hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope [syn: {trice up}]
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