trice
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Is trice a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive, obsolete) To pull, to pull out or away, to pull sharply.Examples: "The tent is made of light, close, unbleached duck, […] A window, six inches square, is fitted at the upper end with a flap to trice up or haul down."obsoletetransitive
2. (transitive) To drag or haul, especially with a rope; specifically (nautical) to haul or hoist and tie up by means of a rope.Examples: "... the fold of his double chin hung like a bag triced up close under the hinge of his jaw."; "One of the two men landed had shot and wounded the mate, and the other, known as "Doublin Jack," had knocked the second mate down with a handspike. Captain Low put both these men in irons, triced them up in the mizzen rigging, and gave them each four dozen lashes of ratline stuff, which they had well earned."transitive
noun (English)
1. (obsolete, rare) A pulley, a windlass (“form of winch for lifting heavy weights, comprising a cable or rope wound around a cylinder”).obsoleterare
Definition source: Wiktionary