vise also vice (v s)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 v tis, 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 | 1. |  vise - a holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in placeholding 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 |
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