trice /tɹaɪs/verb 2noun 2forms 3phrases 1 verb2 •To drag or haul, especially with a rope; specifically (nautical) to haul or hoist and tie up by means of a rope.... the fold of his double chin hung like a bag triced up close under the hinge of his jaw. — 1900 •(no longer used) To pull, to pull out or away, to pull sharply.The tent is made of light, close, unbleached duck, […] A window, six inches square, is fitted at the upper end with a flap to trice up or haul down. — 1875 noun2 •Now only in the phrase in a trice: a very short time; the blink of an eye, an instant, a moment.Mistrustfully he trusteth, and he dreadingly did dare, / And fortie passions in a trice in him consort and square. — 1586 •(no longer used, rare) A pulley, a windlass (“form of winch for lifting heavy weights, comprising a cable or rope wound around a cylinder”). formstriced · tricing · trices Phrases with trice trice upto hoist up using a rope
