trice

(trīs)

transitive verb triced, tricing

to haul up (a sail, etc.) and secure with a small line: usually with up

Origin: ME trisen < MDu, to pull, hoist < trise, windlass, roller

noun

a very short time; instant; moment: now only in the phrase

Origin: < at a trice, with one pull

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noun

A very short period of time; an instant: came back in a trice.

transitive verb triced triced, tric·ing, tric·es
Nautical

To hoist and secure with a rope: trice a sail.

Origin:

Origin: From Middle English (at a) trise, at one pull

Origin: , from trisen, to hoist

Origin: , from Middle Dutch trīsen

Origin: , from trīse, pulley

Origin: . V., from Middle English trisen

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