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Definition of Triced
1. trice [v] - See also: trice
Lexicographical Neighbors of Triced
Literary usage of Triced
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. M'Fingal: A Modern Epic Poem by John Trumbull (1856)
"The gallows strung with Whig-committees; Your moderators triced, like vermin,
And gate-posts graced with heads of chairmen; * Absurd as this may appear, ..."
2. The Memoirs of Admiral Lord Charles Beresford by Leslie Cope Cornford (1914)
"The mess-tables were triced up overhead. The lower-deck ports being closed, ...
Before the order to fire was given, the ports were triced up. ..."
3. Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative by Richard Henry Dana (1911)
"When all was right, the bunts were triced well up, the yard-arm gaskets passed,
so as not to leave a wrinkle forward of the yard — short gaskets, ..."
4. House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d by United States Congress. House (1872)
"That I have been triced up by the thumbs seven times for upholding my country;
... me to be triced up by the thumbs, which was done by the master-at-arms. ..."
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