A very short time; an instant; a moment; – now used only in the phrase in a trice
This is most strange, that she, who even but now was your best object...most best, most dearest, should in this trice of time commit a thing so monstrous, to dismantle so many folds of favor.
A very short time; an instant; a moment; - now used only in the phrase in a trice
If someone does something in a trice, they do it very quickly. He will sew it up in a trice She was back in a trice. To hoist and secure with a rope: trice a sail. in a trice very quickly or soon (trice (14-15 centuries), from trice (14-21 centuries), from trisen)