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5 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: vise n : a device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place [syn: {bench vise}]
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