Trice
Pronunciation : Trice
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [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.]
Definition : 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.
t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Trice
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Sp. tris the noise made by the breaking of glass, an instant, en un tris in an instant; probably of imitative origin.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913