Trise

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.]


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              Out of his seat I will him trice.     --Chaucer.
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     2. (Naut.) To haul and tie up by means of a rope.
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