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Trice   /traɪs/   Listen
noun
Trice  n.  A very short time; an instant; a moment; now used only in the phrase in a trice. "With a trice." " On a trice." "A man shall make his fortune in a trice."



verb
Trice  v. t.  (Written also trise)  
1.
To pull; to haul; to drag; to pull away. (Obs.) " Out of his seat I will him trice."
2.
(Naut.) To haul and tie up by means of a rope.






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"Trice" Quotes from Famous Books



... Marshal, Richard. See Pembroke, Richard Marshal, Earl of. Marshal, William. See Pembroke, William Marshal, the elder, Earl of, regent of England. Marshal, William, the younger. See Pembroke, William Marshal, the younger, Earl of. Martin IV., Pope. Martin, papal envoy. Martin's, C. Trice, Registrum Epistolarum J. Peckham. Mary of Brabant, Queen of France. Maturins, the. Mauclerc, Peter, Count of Brittany. See Peter. Maud, daughter of Henry, Duke of Lancaster. Maud of Artois, wife of Otto, Count of ...
— The History of England - From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) • T.F. Tout

... of them; the other, struck by a flying stone, fell in the road and was covered in a trice. So close were they to destruction's edge at this moment ...
— The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow • Anna Katharine Green

... Gilpin—who but he, His fame soon spread around— He carries weight, he rides a race! 'Tis for a thousand pound! And still as fast as he drew near, 'Twas wonderful to view How in a trice the turnpike men Their gates wide ...
— Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 • Edward William Cole

... with little Anton's help—only it turned out to be Bowers' sledge! However he transferred in a few minutes and marched off rapidly to the south. Christopher, as usual, behaved like a demon. First they had to trice his front leg up tight under his shoulder, then it took five minutes to throw him. The sledge was brought up and he was harnessed in while his head was held down on the floe. Finally he rose up, still on three ...
— The Worst Journey in the World, Volumes 1 and 2 - Antarctic 1910-1913 • Apsley Cherry-Garrard

... sir, you have not sufficient respect for the imagination—I could prove to you in a trice that it is the mother of sentiment, the great distinction of our nature, the only purifier of the passions—animals have a portion of reason, and equal, if not more exquisite, senses; but no trace of imagination, or her ...
— Posthumous Works - of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman • Mary Wollstonecraft


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