Trice
v. t.
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To pull; to haul; to drag; to pull away. [Obs.]
Out of his seat I will him trice.
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To haul and tie up by means of a rope. (Naut.)
Trice
n.
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A very short time; an instant; a moment; -- now used only in the phrase in a trice.
A man shall make his fortune in a trice.