About The Word Trice
Learn about the word Trice to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Trice definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Trice
| Trice Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Trice?
[n] a very short time (as the time it takes to blink once); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"
[v] hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope [v] raise with a line, as of a window shade Synonyms | Synonyms for Trice: blink of an eye | flash | instant | jiffy | New York minute | split second | trice up | twinkling | wink Related Terms | Find terms related to Trice: See Also | bit | bring up | elevate | get up | hoist | lift | minute | moment | raise | second | wind Trice In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Stanhopea ‐ any of various orchids of the genus Stanhopea having a single…
- Clavus ‐ a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides…
- Burin ‐ a chisel of tempered steel with a sharp point; used for…
- Water jump ‐ a pool or stream in a steeplechase or…
- Aqualung ‐ a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under…
- Order anthocerotales ‐ hornworts; liverworts having a thalloid gametophyte; in some…
- Class crustacea ‐ class of mandibulate arthropods including: lobsters; crabs; shrimps;…
- Cotswold hills ‐ a range of low hills in…
- Paronomasia ‐ a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant…
- Manidae ‐ coextensive with the order…