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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
Example sentences :
  • 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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