Thesaurus: trice

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1. v. t. To pull; to haul; to drag; to pull away.
2. v. t. To haul and tie up by means of a rope.
3. n. A very short time; an instant; a moment; -- now used only in the phrase in a trice.
4. n. a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
5. v. raise with a line
6. v. hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope
7. 1. To pull; to haul; to drag; to pull away. [Obs.] Out of his seat I will him trice. Chaucer. 2. (Naut.) To haul and tie up by means of a rope. A very short time; an instant; a moment; -- now used only in the phrase in a trice. "With a trice." Turbervile. " On a trice." Shak. A man shall make his fortune in a trice. Young.
8. n:100 v. raise with a line v. hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope