Associations to the word «Trice»

Wiktionary

TRICE, noun. A roller; windlass.
TRICE, noun. A very short time; an instant; a moment; – now used only in the phrase in a trice.
TRICE, verb. To pull; to haul; to drag; to pull away.
TRICE, verb. (nautical) To haul and tie up by means of a rope.

Dictionary definition

TRICE, noun. 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".
TRICE, verb. Raise with a line; "trice a window shade".
TRICE, verb. Hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope