vicelike
World English Dictionary
vice or vise2 (vaɪs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an appliance for holding an object while work is done upon it, usually having a pair of jaws |
| —vb | |
| 2. | (tr) to grip (something) with or as if with a vice |
| [C15: from Old French vis a screw, from Latin vītis vine, plant with spiralling tendrils (hence the later meaning)] | |
| vise or vise2 | |
| —n | |
| —vb | |
| [C15: from Old French vis a screw, from Latin vītis vine, plant with spiralling tendrils (hence the later meaning)] | |
| 'vicelike or vise2 | |
| —adj | |
| 'viselike or vise2 | |
| —adj | |
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