Vise

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vice \Vice\, n. [See {Vise}.]
     1. (Mech.) A kind of instrument for holding work, as in
        filing. Same as {Vise}.
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     2. A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods,


        for casements. [Written also {vise}.]
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     3. A gripe or grasp. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vis'e \Vi*s['e]"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vis['e]ed}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Vis['e]ing}.]
     To examine and indorse, as a passport; to visa.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vis'e \Vi*s['e]"\, n. [F. vis['e], p. p. of viser to put a visa
     to, fr. L. visus seen, p. p. of videre to see.]
     A document or an indorsement made on a passport by the proper
     authorities of certain countries, denoting that the passport
     has been examined, and that the person who bears it is
     permitted to proceed on her journey. Same as {visa}; -- an
     older spelling now used less frequently than {visa}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vise
       n : a holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to
           hold workpiece firmly in place [syn: {bench vise}]