2 entries under this word

Trice

Trīçe, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [Written also trise.] [Ger. trissen, to brace the sprit-sail and sprit-top-sail, trisse, brace.]

(Naut.) To haul or tie up by means of a rope.
To push; to shove; to thrust. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Trīçe, n.

noun

n. [Perhaps from thrice, while one can count three; but cf. Sp. tris, noise made by the breaking of glass, trice, an instant, en un tris, in an instant.] A very short time; an instant; a moment. If they get never so great spoil at any time, they waste the same in a trice. Spencer. A man shall make his fortune in a trice. Young.