trice
1 Americannoun
verb (used with object)
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to pull or haul with a rope.
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to haul up and fasten with a rope (usually followed byup ).
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
- untriced adjective
Etymology
Origin of trice1
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English tryse; probably special use of trise (unrecorded) “a pull, tug,” derivative of trisen, “to pull”; trice 2
Origin of trice2
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English trisen, from Middle Dutch trīsen “to hoist,” derivative of trīse “pulley”
Origin of -trice3
< French or Italian -trice < Latin -trīcem, accusative of -trīx -trix
Example Sentences
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“Nowadays it often seems writing is nothing at all,” Duras recorded in it presciently, years before the internet made everyone a créateur or -trice.
From New York Times
"Maggot topping, all slimy and nice! I shall devour it in a trice!"
From Literature
In a trice they were back, moist snouts poking from the excavation.
From Literature
She stared down at him, first impassively, then, in a trice, her blue eyes filled with tears.
From Literature
In a trice she emerges as Rachel, proprietor of Tel Aviv’s most chic French restaurant with the general firmly in her sights.
From Los Angeles Times
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