TRICE, To. To haul or lift up by means of a lashing or line.
TRICE UP—LIE OUT! The order to lift the studding-sail boom-ends while the top-men move out on the yards, preparatory to reefing or furling.
TRICING BATTENS. Those used for the hammocks, or tricing up the bags between the beams on the lower-deck.
TRICING-LINE. A small cord, generally passing through a block or thimble, and used to hoist up any object to render it less inconvenient; such are the tricing-lines of the yard-tackle, &c.
TRICK. The time allotted to a man on duty at the helm. The same as spell.
TRICKER. An old spelling for the trigger of a gun.
TRIE. An old word for trim.—Out of trie, crank.
TRIGGER. In ship-building, is the letting fall the paul of the cradle by which the dog-shore falls flush, and offers no further obstruction to the ship gliding down the ways into her absurdly termed "native element." Also, a small catch under the lock of fire-arms, by drawing which back, when the piece is cocked, it is discharged.
TRIGGER-FINGER. See [Fore-finger].
TRIGGER-LINE. A line by which the gun is fired.