Lexic.us

Definition of Trice up

1. Verb. Raise with a line. "Trice a window shade"

2. Verb. Hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trice Up

tricarbimides tricarbonyl tricarbonyls tricarboxylic tricarboxylic acid tricarboxylic acid cycle tricarboxylic acids tricars tricast tricasts

tricategories tricategory trication trications trice trice up (current term) triced tricellular tricenarian tricenarians

tricenary tricennial tricentenary tricentennial tricentennials tricep tricephalus triceps triceps brachii triceps bursa

Literary usage of Trice up

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Sailor's Handy Book and Yachtsman's Manual Adapted for the Use of the by Edward Francis Qualtrough (1881)
"A. trice up the tack of the main-sail, take in the jib, slack and trice up ... A. Haul the head-sails down, slack and trice up bobstay, trice up the tack of ..."

2. Seamanship: Comp. from Various Authorities, and Illustrated with Numerous by Stephen Bleecker Luce (1877)
"(pause)—trice up ! Lay out and loose I * And when ready, Tend the lifts and braces ! Stand by ! ... trice up? LAY our AND MEND! ..."

3. A Naval Encyclopædia: Comprising a Dictionary of Nautical Words and Phrases (1880)
"trice up I the order to raise the heels of the studding-sail-booms before the men lie out on the yards in furling or reefing. ..."

4. Fore and Aft Seamanship for Yachtsmen: With Names of Ropes, Sails, and Spars (1878)
"trice up the tack and ease down throat and peal halliards -, down foresail ... A. trice up the tack of the mainsail, take in the jib, slack and trice up the ..."

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