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Webster 1913 Edition
Trice
Trice
,Verb.
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
,Noun.
[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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Trice
TRICE
,Verb.
T.
TRICE
,Noun.
If they get never so great spoil at any time, they waste the same in a trice.
A man shall make his fortune in a trice.