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trice

2  [trahys] ,
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–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
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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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