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vice noun2 & verb. Also *vise. ME.
[Old & mod. French vis from Latin vitis vine (stem), tendril, plant with tendrils.]
A. noun.
A screw, a winch; a device operated with a screw. Formerly also gen., any mechanical device. Now rare or obsolete. ME.
b. A tap or stopper for a vessel. M16-M17.
A spiral staircase. Long arch. LME.
A device consisting of two jaws moved by turning a screw, used to clamp an object being filed, sawn, etc., in position and freq. attached to a workbench. E16.
Practical Woodworking Support the wood end-up in the jaws of a vice.
b. A tool used to draw lead into calms, in making lattice windows. E18.
b. verb.
verb trans. Fix on with a screw. rare. Only in M16.
verb trans. Secure in a vice; squeeze or press tightly (as) in a vice. Freq. as viced ppl adjective. E17.
M. S. Power Sitting on the bottom step of the altar, the ciborium viced between his knees.
vicelike adjective resembling (that of) a vice; holding or squeezing firmly: M19.