Look up: vise

1. Vise
   In architecture, a vise vice or vys is a spiral staircase, the steps of which wind round a perpendicular shaft or pillar called the newel. The majority of ancient church towers are provided with staircases of this kind, and they are to be found in various situations in most middle age buildings. Dur...
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2. vise
   [n] - a holding device attached to a workbench
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3. Vise
   Vise noun [ French vis a screw, winding stairs, Old French vis , viz , from Latin vitis a vine; probably akin to English withy .] An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for h...
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4. Visé
   Vi·sé' noun [ French visé , past participle of viser to put a visa to, from Latin visus seen, past participle of videre to see.] An indorsement made on a passport by the proper authorities of certain countries on the...
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5. Visé
   Vi·sé' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Viséed ; present participle & verbal noun Viséing .] To examine and indorse, as a passport; to visa.
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6. vise
   bench vise noun a holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place
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7. Vise
   • (v. t.) To examine and indorse, as a passport; to visa. • (n.) An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing. • (n.) An indorsement made on a passport by the proper authorities of certain countries on the continent ...
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8. vise
   device consisting of two parallel jaws for holding a workpiece; one of the jaws is fixed and the other movable by a screw, a lever, or a cam. When ... [1 related articles]
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9. Visé
   Visé (vēzā') , commune (1991 pop. 17,019), Liège prov., E Belgium, on the Meuse River and on the Albert Canal, near the Dutch border. It is a center of cement manufacture. The first battle of World War I was fought there on Aug. 4, 1914. After a fire the same year, the to...
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10. Vise
    A `vise` or `vice` or `visi` (see American and British English spelling differences) is a mechanical screw apparatus used for holding or clamping a work piece to allow work to be performed on it with tools such as saws, planes, drills, mills, screwdrivers, sandpaper, etc. Vises usually have o...
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