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  1. 1. v. t. To pull; to haul; to drag; to pull away. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. To haul and tie up by means of a rope. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A very short time; an instant; a moment; -- now used only in the phrase in a trice. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) Source: wordnet
  5. 5. v. raise with a line Source: wordnet
  6. 6. v. hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope Source: wordnet
  7. 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. Source: webster
  8. 8. n:100 v. raise with a line v. hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope Source: ecdict

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