Hypertext Webster Gateway: "trice"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Trice \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Trice \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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" [syn: {blink of an
eye}, {flash}, {instant}, {jiffy}, {split second}, {twinkling},
{wink}, {New York minute}]
v 1: raise with a line, as of a window shade [syn: {trice up}]
2: hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope [syn: {trice
up}]
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