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You could do with a bedside brewing device! 🙄

For some reason I find the word entice strangely attracting.
Phil

Ta for advice!
Been there done that, not a great fan of tea with powdered milk. Otherwise would have to send swmbo down for milk from fridge, which defeats the object.

1400-50; late Middle English tryse; probably special use of *trise a pull, tug, derivative of trisen, to pull; see trice2

trice2

[trahys]

Spell Syllables

verb (used with object), triced, tricing. Nautical.

1.

to pull or haul with a rope.

2.

to haul up and fasten with a rope (usually followed by up).

Origin Expand

1350-1400; Middle English trisen < Middle Dutch trīsen to hoist, derivative of trīse pulley

Related forms Expand

untriced, adjective

-trice

1.

variant of -trix.

Origin Expand

< French or Italian -trice < Latin -trīcem, accusative of -trīx -trix

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Historical Examples

In a trice his huge bulk was safely ensconced in the adjoining one.



Slaves of Mercury

Nat Schachner

In a trice we had galloped past the fortress, through the village, and had ridden into the gorge.



A Hero of Our Time

M. Y. Lermontov

She reached the door before he could stop her, and in a trice she was out in the gallery.



The Martian Cabal

Roman Frederick Starzl

So they mounted their horses and were gone in a trice, galloping to their own camp.



Anabasis

Xenophon

In a trice they were ready and the ladies, wrapped in their cloaks, were in the coach.



The Strollers

Frederic S. Isham

In a trice he broke beyond the circle and darted to the control-panel.



Raiders of the Universes

Donald Wandrei

And in a trice he was off, as Sally supposed, on his mission.



Jolly Sally Pendleton

Laura Jean Libbey

In a trice there were found good folks to dig the grave and fashion the coffin.



Russian Fairy Tales

W. R. S. Ralston

Out of her carriage jumped the lady in a trice, and ran into the smithy.



Russian Fairy Tales

W. R. S. Ralston

But now the hounds were too quick, and in a trice they had the cougar surrounded.



American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt

Edward Stratemeyer



British Dictionary definitions for trice Expand

trice1

/traɪs/

noun

1.

moment; instant (esp in the phrase in a trice)

Word Origin

C15 (in the phrase at or in a trice, in the sense: at one tug): apparent substantive use of trice ²

trice2

/traɪs/

verb

1.

(nautical) ( transitive) often foll by up. to haul up or secure

Word Origin

C15: from Middle Dutch trīsen, from trīse pulley

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Word Origin and History for trice Expand

late 14c., "haul up and fasten with a rope" (v.), from Middle Dutch trisen "hoist," from trise "pulley," of unknown origin. Hence at a tryse (mid-15c.) "in a very short time," literally "at a single pluck or pull." The Middle Dutch word is the source of Dutch trijsen "to hoist," and cognate with Middle Low German trissen (source of Danish trisse, German triezen); its ultimate origin is unknown.

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