untrice

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verb

To release something previously triced, i.e., hoisted and tied up.

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Meanings

verbuntrice (third-person singular simple present untrices, present participle untricing, simple past and past participle untriced)

present singular third person untrices · participle present untricing · participle past untriced · past untriced

  1. transitivenauticalTo 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
    1 more example

    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

Origin

From un- + trice.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

untrice. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untrice

MLA

“untrice.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untrice. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “untrice,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untrice.

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