Trice

[traɪs]

Definition

(verb.) hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope.

(verb.) raise with a line; 'trice a window shade'.

Checker: Sandra--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To pull; to haul; to drag; to pull away.

(v. t.) To haul and tie up by means of a rope.

(n.) A very short time; an instant; a moment; -- now used only in the phrase in a trice.

Typed by Arlene

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Moment, instant, second, jiffy, flash, twinkling, twinkling of an eye.

Typed by Julie

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Twinkling, flash, instant

Typist: Melville

Definition

n. a very short time: an instant.

v.t. (naut.) to haul or lift up by means of a rope:—pr.p. trīc′ing; pa.p. triīced.

Editor: Percival