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Noun: trice  trIs
  1. A very short time
    "In a trice, the magician made the rabbit disappear";
    - blink of an eye [informal], flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy [informal], split second, twinkling [informal], wink [informal], New York minute [US, informal], jiff [informal]
Verb: trice  trIs
  1. Raise with a line
    "trice a window shade";
    - trice up
     
  2. Hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope
    "The sailors triced up the sail";
    - trice up

Derived forms: triced, trices, tricing

Type of: bit, bring up, elevate, get up, hoist, lift, minute, mo, moment, raise, second, wind[2]

Encyclopedia: Trice