untrice en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + trice.
Meanings
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(transitive) To release something previously triced, i.e., hoisted and tied up.
I walked forward and untriced the bowsprit dolphin-striker, to get ready for sailing.
1996, Tristan Jones, A Steady Trade: A Boyhood at Sea, page 249:Then ordering the boy of the mess to untrice his hammock, and staggering towards it, after several attempts he succeeded in springing into it from a chest, […]
1847, John Ross Dix, Jack Ariel, Or, Life on Board an Indiaman, volume 1, page 83:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| untriced | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| untriced | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| untricing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| untrices | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |