vise

vise also vice (v

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 vtis, vine (from its spiral wrappings); see wei- in Indo-European roots.]

vise [vaɪs]

n & vb

(Engineering / Tools) US a variant spelling of vice²

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Noun

vise - a holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place

bench vise

holding device - a device for holding something

jaw - holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object

machinist's vise, metalworking vise - a vise with two parallel iron jaws and a wide opening below

shoulder vise, wood vise, woodworking vise - a vise with jaws that are padded in order to hold lumber without denting it

Translations

vise [ˈvaɪs] n (US) (TECHNICAL) → étau m

vise vice

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bench vise
coupling
demonstrate
display
ditty
emerge
exhibit
flash
Foot vise
Hand vise
holding device
machinist's vise
metalworking vise
Parallel vise
pipe clamp
pipe vise
shoulder vise
show
Snarling iron

He was standing close to the door and as soon as it opened his rough old arms closed like a vise round his son's neck, and without a word he began to sob like a child.

War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

And now, pale and cold, the man who had gripped his fingers then and held on to them like a vise, seemed to find nothing except a slight boredom in this unexpected meeting.

The Malefactor by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context

Go along home, and ad- vise everybody to come and see the tragedy.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context

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