'trise' definitions:
Definition of 'trise'
From: 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.] [1913 Webster]
- Out of his seat I will him trice. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Naut.) To haul and tie up by means of a rope. [1913 Webster]