Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

trice
     n : a very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the
         heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a
         flash" [syn: {blink of an eye}, {flash}, {heartbeat}, {instant},
          {jiffy}, {split second}, {twinkling}, {wink}, {New York
         minute}]

trice
     v 1: raise with a line; "trice a window shade" [syn: {trice up}]
     2: hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope [syn: {trice
        up}]