Vise

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  • noun. A heavy clamp, usually mounted on a workbench and operated by a screw or lever, used in carpentry or metalworking to hold a piece in position.
  • transitive verb. To hold or compress in or as if in a vise.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Same as vese.
  • 1. To screw; force, as by a screw.
  • To press or squeeze with a vise, or as if with a vise; hold as if in a vise.
  • noun. A screw.
  • noun. The newel, or central shaft, of a winding staircase.
  • noun. A gripping or holding tool or appliance, fixed or portable, used to hold an object firmly in position while work is performed upon it.
  • noun. A tool for drawing rods of lead into the grooved rods called cames used for setting glass, especially in stained-glass windows.
  • noun. A grip or grasp.
  • noun. The cock or tap of a vessel.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place
  • Word Usage
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    anvil  awl  chisel  clamp  forge  
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    vised  viseed  viseing  vises  vising