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Definition trice

Etymology 1

From Middle English tr?cen, trice, trise (“to pull or push; to snatch away; to steal”), from Middle Dutch tr?sen (“to hoist”) (modern Dutch trijsen) or Middle Low German trissen (“to trice the spritsail”); further etymology uncertain. The word is cognate with Danish trisse, tridse (“to haul with a pulley”), Low German trissen, tryssen, drisen, drysen (“to wind up, trice”), German trissen, triezen (“to annoy or torment”).

Verb

trice (third-person singular simple present trices, present participle tricing, simple past and past participle triced)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To pull, to pull out or away, to pull sharply.
2. (transitive) To drag or haul, especially with a rope; specifically (nautical) to haul or hoist and tie up by means of a rope.

Etymology 2

From Middle English tr?ce, trise, in the phrase at a tr?ce (“with a single, quick motion; at once”, literally “with a pull or jerk”), later also in the phrases in a trice, on a trice, and with a trice. The word is ultimately from Middle English tr?cen: see etymology 1 above.

Noun

trice (plural trices)

1. Now only in the phrase in a trice: a very short time; an instant, a moment.

Etymology 3

From Middle English tr?ce, tryys, tryyst, from Middle Dutch tr?se, trijs (modern Dutch trijs (“hoisting-block, pulley, windlass”)) or Middle Low German tr?sse, tr?tse (“hoisting-rope, tackle”); probably related to the verb trice (see etymology 1 above), and perhaps to Old English tryndel (“roller, wheel”) (see further at trend, trindle). The English word is cognate with Danish tridse, trisse (“pulley”), Low German trissel (“dizziness; whirling”), German trieze (“crane; pulley”), Norwegian triss (“pulley”), Swedish trissa (“pulley, truckle”).

Noun

trice (plural trices)

1. (obsolete, rare) A pulley, a windlass (“form of winch for lifting heavy weights, comprising a cable or rope wound around a cylinder”).

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