Category:Trice

Trice, v. t. Etym: [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.)

Defn: to haul and tie up by means of a rope.

Trice Trice, n. Etym: [sp. tris the noise made by the breaking of glass, an Instant, en un tris in an instant; probably of imitative origin.]

Defn: 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.