trice
IPA: trˈaɪs
noun
- Now only in the phrase in a trice: a very short time; the blink of an eye, an instant, a moment.
- (obsolete, rare) A pulley, a windlass (“form of winch for lifting heavy weights, comprising a cable or rope wound around a cylinder”).
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive, obsolete) To pull, to pull out or away, to pull sharply.
- (transitive) To drag or haul, especially with a rope; specifically (nautical) to haul or hoist and tie up by means of a rope.
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