tice
see also: Tice
Noun
Tice
Proper noun
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see also: Tice
Noun
tice (plural tices)
- (cricket, dated) A ball bowled to strike the ground about a bat's length in front of the wicket; a yorker.
- 1862, James Picroft, The Cricket-Field, Or The History and the Science of the Game of Cricket, page 120 ↗,
- Bowlers should practise both toss and tice.
- 1863 March 7, The Complete Guide to the Cricket Field: Chapter III: The Batsman, The Boy's Miscellany: An Illustrated Journal of Useful and Entertaining Literature for Youth, Volume 1, page 155 ↗,
- The tice is almost a full pitch. If you have a long reach, go in and play forward; if not, however, keep your bat down, and block it.
- 1870 July, Winchester College, Number 33, page 1 ↗,
- Raynor, though somewhat wild, obtained an extraordinary number of wickets for very few runs, his fast "tices" quite puzzling the Eton bats.
- 1911, Henry Charles Howard Suffolk and Berkshire (Earl of), Hedley Peek, Frederick George Aflalo, The Encyclopaedia of Sport & Games, Volume 1, page 452 ↗,
- A "yorker" (or "tice") pitches on, or within six inches of, the popping crease; […] .
- 1862, James Picroft, The Cricket-Field, Or The History and the Science of the Game of Cricket, page 120 ↗,
- (ball bowled to strike the pitch near the batsman's feet) yorker
tice (tices, present participle ticing; past and past participle ticed)
- (obsolete) To entice.
- c. 1598-1593, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus
- Have I not reason, think you, to look pale?
These two have 'ticed me hither to this place:
- Have I not reason, think you, to look pale?
- c. 1598-1593, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus
Tice
Proper noun
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