Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - trice
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Trice
trice
I. transitive verb (~d; tricing) Etymology: Middle English trisen, ~n to pull, ~, from Middle Dutch trisen to hoist, from trise windlass Date: 15th century to haul up or in and lash or secure (as a sail) with a small rope II. noun Etymology: Middle English trise, literally, pull, from trisen Date: 15th century a brief space of time ; instant — used chiefly in the phrase in a ~
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1. мгновение in a trice —- мгновенно, вмиг 2. мор. подтягивать; подвязывать (обыкн. trice up) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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up naut. подвязывать; The big sail wont stay in position unless you trice it up. TRICE I noun мгновение - in a trice II v. naut. подтягивать и привязывать (обыкн. trice up) - trice up ...Англо-русский словарь
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If someone does something in a trice, they do it very quickly. He will sew it up in a trice... She was back in a trice. PHRASE: PHR with v, PHR with cl ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1373, "haul up and fasten with a rope" (v.), from M.Du. trisen "hoist," from trise "pulley," of unknown origin. Hence at a tryse (1440) "in a very short time," lit. "at a single pluck or pull." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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