About The Word Trice
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Trice
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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. |
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