untrice

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ trice.

Verb

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

1. (transitive, nautical) To release something previously triced, i.e., hoisted and tied up.
   • 1847, John Ross Dix, Jack Ariel, Or, Life on Board an Indiaman, volume 1, page 83:

     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, […]

   • 1996, Tristan Jones, A Steady Trade: A Boyhood at Sea, page 249:

     I walked forward and untriced the bowsprit dolphin-striker, to get ready for sailing.