From en.wiktionary.org:
[Tice]
** English
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
Possibly from [en], as below, suggesting the bowler's purpose.
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A ball bowl ed to strike the ground about a bat 's length in front of the wicket ; a yorker .
2. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1862 | author=James Picroft | title=The Cricket-Field, Or The History and the Science of the Game of Cricket | pageurl=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=CzQNgk-edZkC&pg=PA120&dq=bowled+%22tice%22%7C%22tices%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi7y_KnqPXOAhXJNJQKHSaXAs84yAEQ6AEIaTAQ#v=onepage&q=bowled%20%22tice%22%7C%22tices%22&f=false | page=120
|passage=Bowlers should practise both toss and TICE.}}
1. * {{ quote-text | en | date=March 7 1863 | chapter=The Complete Guide to the Cricket Field: Chapter III: The Batsman | title=The Boy's Miscellany: An Illustrated Journal of Useful and Entertaining Literature for Youth | volume=1 | pageurl=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=fN8sAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA155&dq=bowled+%22tice%22%7C%22tices%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjf2IawmvXOAhWDlJQKHWTiAHs4ZBDoAQjUAjA4#v=onepage&q=bowled%20%22tice%22%7C%22tices%22&f=false | page=155
|passage=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.}}
1. * 1870 July, _[Winchester College]_ , Number 33, page 1 (see https://books.google.com.au/books?id=HwsIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA161&dq=bowled+%22tice%22%7C%22tices%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwikx-mprfXOAhVItJQKHTd4AJU4rAIQ6AEItwEwIA#v=onepage&q=bowled%20%22tice%22%7C%22tices%22&f=false) ,
2. *: Raynor, though somewhat wild, obtained an extraordinary number of wickets for very few runs, his fast " TICES " quite puzzling the Eton bats.
3. * 1911 , Henry Charles Howard Suffolk and Berkshire (Earl of), Hedley Peek, Frederick George Aflalo, _The Encyclopaedia of Sport & Games_ , Volume 1, page 452 (see https://books.google.com.au/books?id=cpouAQAAIAAJ&q=bowled+%22tice%22%7C%22tices%22&dq=bowled+%22tice%22%7C%22tices%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi7y_KnqPXOAhXJNJQKHSaXAs84yAEQ6AEI7gIwSg) ,
4. *: A "yorker" (or " TICE ") pitches on, or within six inches of, the popping crease; [...] .
5. [en] A ball left at a hittable but difficult distance or position, to lure the opponent into a mistake.
***** Synonyms
- [ball bowled to strike the pitch near the batsman's feet] [en]
*** Etymology 2
Aphetic form of [en].
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To entice (someone).
2. * [part=1]
3. * [passage=Have I not reaſon, think you, to look pale? / These tvvo have ’TICED me hither to this place: [...]]
4. * [chapter=The Forerunners]
*** References
- [R:Webster 1913]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
** Scots
*** Etymology
From [sco], aphetic from [sco], probably from a word meaning "to set on fire,"
derived from [sco]. Compare [en].[1]
*** Pronunciation
- [sco]
*** Verb
[tices]
1. to coax , entice , wheedle
*** References
References:
[1]. _Concise Scots Dictionary_ , Aberdeen University Press, 1985
** Walloon
*** Etymology
From [wa], alternative form of [fro].
*** Pronunciation
- [wa]
*** Noun
[wa]
1. terce