Hypertext Webster Gateway: "vise"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Vice \Vice\, n. [See {Vise}.]
1. (Mech.) A kind of instrument for holding work, as in
filing. Same as {Vise}.
2. A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods,
for casements. [Written also {vise}.]
3. A gripe or grasp. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.]
An indorsement made on a passport by the proper authorities
of certain countries on the continent of Europe, denoting
that it has been examined, and that the person who bears it
is permitted to proceed on his journey; a visa.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
vise
n : a holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to
hold workpiece firmly in place [syn: {bench vise}]
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