Definitions
1.VerbTo pull, to pull out or away, to pull sharply.
2.VerbTo drag or haul, especially with a rope; specifically to haul or hoist and tie up by means of a rope.
3.NounNow only in the phrase in a trice: a very short time; the blink of an eye, an instant, a moment.
4.NounA pulley, a windlass (“form of winch for lifting heavy weights, comprising a cable or rope wound around a cylinder”).