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vise 
[vahys] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, vised, vis·ing.
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[vahys] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, vised, vis·ing. –noun
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it. |
| 2. | to hold, press, or squeeze with or as with a vise. |
Also, vice.
[Origin: 1300–50; ME vis < OF: screw < L vītis vine (whose spiral form gave later sense)]
] —Related forms
viselike, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| vise also vice
(vīs) Pronunciation Key
n. A clamping device, usually consisting of two jaws closed or opened by a screw or lever, used in carpentry or metalworking to hold a piece in position. tr.v. vised also viced, vis·ing also vic·ing, vis·es also vic·es To hold or compress in or as if in a vise. [Middle English vis, screwlike device, from Old French, screw, from Latin vītis, vine (from its spiral wrappings); see wei- in Indo-European roots.] |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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vise
c.1300, "device like a screw or winch for bending a crossbow or catapult," from O.Fr. vis, viz "screw," from L. vitis "vine, tendril of a vine," lit. "that which winds," from base of viere "to bind, twist" (see withy). The meaning "clamping tool with two jaws closed by a screw" is first recorded 1500.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| vise | |
noun | |
| a holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Vise
Vise\, n. [F. vis a screw, winding stairs, OF. vis, viz, fr. L. vitis a vine; probably akin to E. withy.] An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing. [Written also vice.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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