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trice

(trīs)

A very short period of time; an instant: came back in a trice.

tr.v. triced, tric·ing, tric·es Nautical

To hoist and secure with a rope: trice a sail.

[From Middle English (at a) trise, at one pull, from trisen, to hoist, from Middle Dutch trīsen, from trīse, pulley. V., from Middle English trisen.]

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trice

(traɪs)

moment; instant (esp in the phrase in a trice)

[C15 (in the phrase at or in a trice, in the sense: at one tug): apparent substantive use of trice²]

trice

(traɪs)

(Nautical Terms) nautical (often foll by: up) to haul up or secure

[C15: from Middle Dutch trīsen, from trīse pulley]

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trice¹

(traɪs)

n.

a very short time; an instant: in a trice.

[1400–50; late Middle English tryse; probably representing *trise a pull, tug, derivative of trisen to pull; see trice ²]

trice²

(traɪs)

v.t. triced, tric•ing. Naut.

1. to pull or haul with a rope.

2. to haul up and fasten with a rope (usu. fol. by up).

[1350–1400; Middle English trisen < Middle Dutch trīsen to hoist, derivative of trīse pulley]

-trice

var. of -trix.

[< French or Italian -trice < Latin -trīcem, acc. of -trīx -trix]

trice

Past participle: triced
Gerund: tricing

Imperative
trice
trice

Present
I trice
you trice
he/she/it trices
we trice
you trice
they trice

Preterite
I triced
you triced
he/she/it triced
we triced
you triced
they triced

Present Continuous
I am tricing
you are tricing
he/she/it is tricing
we are tricing
you are tricing
they are tricing

Present Perfect
I have triced
you have triced
he/she/it has triced
we have triced
you have triced
they have triced

Past Continuous
I was tricing
you were tricing
he/she/it was tricing
we were tricing
you were tricing
they were tricing

Past Perfect
I had triced
you had triced
he/she/it had triced
we had triced
you had triced
they had triced

Future
I will trice
you will trice
he/she/it will trice
we will trice
you will trice
they will trice

Future Perfect
I will have triced
you will have triced
he/she/it will have triced
we will have triced
you will have triced
they will have triced

Future Continuous
I will be tricing
you will be tricing
he/she/it will be tricing
we will be tricing
you will be tricing
they will be tricing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been tricing
you have been tricing
he/she/it has been tricing
we have been tricing
you have been tricing
they have been tricing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been tricing
you will have been tricing
he/she/it will have been tricing
we will have been tricing
you will have been tricing
they will have been tricing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been tricing
you had been tricing
he/she/it had been tricing
we had been tricing
you had been tricing
they had been tricing

Conditional
I would trice
you would trice
he/she/it would trice
we would trice
you would trice
they would trice

Past Conditional
I would have triced
you would have triced
he/she/it would have triced
we would have triced
you would have triced
they would have triced

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Noun 1. [画像:trice - a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)]trice - a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"

instant, jiffy, New York minute, split second, twinkling, wink, blink of an eye, heartbeat, flash

mo, moment, second, minute, bit - an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit"

Verb 1. [画像:trice - raise with a line]trice - raise with a line; "trice a window shade"

trice up

lift, raise, elevate, get up, bring up - raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

2. [画像:trice - hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope]trice - hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope

trice up

hoist, wind, lift - raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"

trice

noun moment, second, minute, shake (informal), flash, instant, tick (Brit. informal), twinkling, split second, jiffy (informal), twinkling of an eye, two shakes of a lamb's tail (informal), bat of an eye (informal) She was back in a trice.

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trice

noun

A very brief time:

crack, flash, instant, minute, moment, second, twinkle, twinkling, wink.

Informal: jiff, jiffy.

Chiefly British: tick.

Translations

in un batter d'occhio

oogwenk ophalen optrekken slepen

trice

[traɪs] N in a trice → en un santiamén

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trice

[ˈtraɪs] n
in a trice → en un clin d'œil

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trice

n (Brit) in a trice → im Handumdrehen, im Nu

trice

vt (Naut: also trice up) sail → aufholen

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trice

[traɪs] n in a trice (Brit) (fam) → in un batter d'occhio, in un attimo

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"Aladdin must rub the magic lamp; then the slave will appear, and these tears be dried in a trice."

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Almost in a trice he was back, both slippers in his mouth, which he deposited at the steward's feet.

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Shuan was on his feet in a trice; he still looked dazed, but he meant murder, ay, and would have done it, for the second time that night, had not the captain stepped in between him and his victim.

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I had not time to be afraid, but as the blow still hung impending, leaped in a trice upon one side, and missing my foot in the soft sand, rolled headlong down the slope.

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Then his keen hunting-knife flew forth and in a trice, Stout Will, Lester, and merry John were free men and had sprung forward and seized the halberds from the nearest soldiers guarding the gallows.

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In a trice Anne was out of the house and flying down to the hollow, astonishment and hope struggling in her expressive eyes.

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There are but three seams; you may do them in a trice. It would be lucky for me if I had nothing but the executive part to do.

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He sprang to a door, I heard his feet clattering up some stone stairs, and in a trice he was running along the gallery overhead; in another I heard him railing behind some upper door that he had flung open and banged behind him; then his voice dropped, and finally died away.

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In a trice the heat from his body filled the confined space and he was asleep.

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So in a trice the carcass of the cow would be cleaned out, and entrails would have vanished; it was Jurgis' task to slide them into the trap, calves and all, and on the floor below they took out these "slunk" calves, and butchered them for meat, and used even the skins of them.

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Sancho took down the armour, which was hung up on a tree like a trophy, and having seen to the girths armed his master in a trice, who as soon as he found himself in his armour exclaimed:

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