Meaning of TRICE
| Pronunciation: | | trIs
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- [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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| | Synonyms: | | blink of an eye, flash, instant, jiffy, New York minute, split second, trice up, twinkling, wink |
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| | See Also: | | bit, bring up, elevate, get up, hoist, lift, minute, moment, raise, second, wind | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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