trice 
(trīs)
(trīs)n.
A very short period of time; an instant: came back in a trice.
tr.v. triced, tric·ing, tric·es
Nautical
Nautical
To hoist and secure with a rope: trice a sail.
[From Middle English (at a) trise, at one pull, from trisen, to hoist, from Middle Dutch trīsen, from trīse, pulley. V., from Middle English trisen.]