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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.

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

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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.

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