Synonyms for vise
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : vahys |
| Phonetic Transcription : vaɪs |
Définition of vise
Origin :- c.1300, "device like a screw or winch for bending a crossbow or catapult," from Old French vis, viz "screw," from Latin vitis "vine, tendril of a vine," literally "that which winds," from root of viere "to bind, twist" (see withy). The meaning "clamping tool with two jaws closed by a screw" is first recorded c.1500.
- noun clamp
- The boards are then placed in a vise or clamp and allowed to remain there over night.
- Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates
- He licked his wide, cruel lips, seizing the girl's arms as in a vise.
- Extract from : « In the Orbit of Saturn » by Roman Frederick Starzl
- His long, thin fingers were clutching her clasped hands as with a vise.
- Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
- It seemed to me the most natural thing, when you'd got 'em in the vise, to keep them there.
- Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
- A good plan to judge of the proper height is to measure from the jaws of the vise.
- Extract from : « Practical Mechanics for Boys » by J. S. Zerbe
- And they all, each one of them, hit the ground when Ghitza let go his vise.
- Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various
- Once in the vise of his two arms, a man went down like a log.
- Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various
- But the arms have their hinges in the heart and mine was tight locked like a vise.
- Extract from : « St. Cuthbert's » by Robert E. Knowles
- Yellow Elk and his followers had done their work well and he was held as in a vise.
- Extract from : « The Boy Land Boomer » by Ralph Bonehill
- But there was no help for it; the Indian held her as in a vise, and she was forced to submit.
- Extract from : « The Boy Land Boomer » by Ralph Bonehill
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