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[trahys] 
,–noun
| a very short time; an instant: in a trice. |
Origin:
1400–50; late ME tryse; prob. special use of *trise a pull, tug, deriv. of trisen, to pull; see trice 2
1400–50; late ME tryse; prob. special use of *trise a pull, tug, deriv. of trisen, to pull; see trice 2
trice
2 [trahys] ,–verb (used with object), triced, tric⋅ing. Nautical.
| 1. | to pull or haul with a rope. |
| 2. | to haul up and fasten with a rope (usually fol. by up). |
Origin:
1350–1400; ME trisen < MD trīsen to hoist, deriv. of trīse pulley
1350–1400; ME trisen < MD trīsen to hoist, deriv. of trīse pulley
-trix
| a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, where it formed feminine nouns or adjectives corresponding to agent nouns ending in -tor (Bellatrix). On this model, -trix is used in English to form feminine nouns (aviatrix; executrix) and geometrical terms denoting straight lines (directrix). |
Also, -trice.
Origin:
< L -trīx, s. -trīc-
< L -trīx, s. -trīc-
Usage note:
A suffix borrowed directly from Latin, -trix has been used since the 15th century on feminine agent nouns that correspond to a masculine (in Latin) or generic (in English) agent noun ending in -tor: aviator, aviatrix; legislator, legislatrix; orator, oratrix. Most nouns in -trix have dropped from general use, so that terms like aviatrix, benefactrix, legislatrix, oratrix, and proprietrix occur rarely or not at all in present-day English. The forms in -tor are applied to both men and women: Her sister is the proprietor of a new restaurant. When relevant, sex is specified with the generic term: Amelia Earhart was a pioneer woman aviator. Legal documents still use administratrix, executrix, inheritrix, and the like, but these forms too are giving way to the -tor forms. See also -enne, -ess, -ette.
A suffix borrowed directly from Latin, -trix has been used since the 15th century on feminine agent nouns that correspond to a masculine (in Latin) or generic (in English) agent noun ending in -tor: aviator, aviatrix; legislator, legislatrix; orator, oratrix. Most nouns in -trix have dropped from general use, so that terms like aviatrix, benefactrix, legislatrix, oratrix, and proprietrix occur rarely or not at all in present-day English. The forms in -tor are applied to both men and women: Her sister is the proprietor of a new restaurant. When relevant, sex is specified with the generic term: Amelia Earhart was a pioneer woman aviator. Legal documents still use administratrix, executrix, inheritrix, and the like, but these forms too are giving way to the -tor forms. See also -enne, -ess, -ette.
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| trice (trīs) n. A very short period of time; an instant: came back in a trice. tr.v. triced, tric·ing, tric·es Nautical To hoist and secure with a rope: trice a sail. [From Middle English (at a) trise, at one pull, from trisen, to hoist, from Middle Dutch trīsen, from trīse, pulley. V., from Middle English trisen.] |
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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.] Out of his seat I will him trice. --Chaucer. 2. (Naut.) To haul and tie up by means of a rope.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. A man shall make his fortune in a trice. --Young.
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Language Translation for : trice
Spanish:
acompañante,
German:
der, *die Begleiter(in),
Japanese:
伴奏者
trice
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." The M.Du. word is the source of Du. trijsen "to hoist," and cognate with M.L.G. trissen (source of Dan. trisse, Ger. triezen); its ultimate origin is unknown.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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