Vise Definition
vīs
vices, vised, vise, viseing, vises, vising
noun
vises
A device, usually fastened to a workbench, consisting of two jaws opened and closed by a screw, lever, etc. and used for holding firmly an object being worked on.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
verb
vised, vises, vising
To hold or squeeze with or as with a vise.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Vise
Noun
Singular:
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visesOrigin of Vise
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Middle English vis screwlike device from Old French screw from Latin vītis vine (from its spiral wrappings) wei- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From French vis (“screw, winding stairs"), from Old French vis, viz, from Latin vitis (“vine"); probably akin to English withy.
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