Found 3 items, similar to trice.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: trice sekejap mata
English → English (WordNet) Definition: trice trice n : a very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat); “if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash” [syn: blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, twinkling, wink, New York minute ] trice v 1: raise with a line; “trice a window shade” [syn: trice up] 2: hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope [syn: trice up ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Trice Trice \Trice\, v. t. [OE. trisen; of Scand. or Low German origin; cf. Sw. trissa a sheave, pulley, triss a spritsail brace, Dan. tridse a pulley, tridse to haul by means of a pulley, to trice, LG. trisse a pulley, D. trijsen to hoist.] [Written also trise.] 1. To pull; to haul; to drag; to pull away. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Out of his seat I will him trice. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) To haul and tie up by means of a rope. [1913 Webster] Trice \Trice\, n. [Sp. tris the noise made by the breaking of glass, an instant, en un tris in an instant; probably of imitative origin.] 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. [1913 Webster] A man shall make his fortune in a trice. --Young. [1913 Webster]