Definition of "tice" in English

noun

1. (cricket, dated) A ball bowled to strike the ground about a bat's length in front of the wicket; a yorker.

   • 1870 July, The Wykehamist, 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; […] .

2. (croquet) A ball left at a hittable but difficult distance or position, to lure the opponent into a mistake.

verb

1. (transitive, obsolete) To entice (someone).