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▪ I. † vise, n.1 Obs.—1
[Cf. vise v.1]
View, contemplation, regard.
a1450Myrc Par. Pr. 66 Thus thys worlde þow moste despyse, And holy vertues haue in vyse.
▪ II. vise, n.2 Coal-mining.
Also 7 weyse.
[Of obscure origin. Cf. veise.]
(See quots.)
1672G. Sinclair Misc. Observ. Hydrostat. (1683) 281 That which the coal-hewers term the vise, or some of them the weyse of the gae..which in effect is..but a dark vestige of the dipp or rise, that the body which now constitutes the gae, should have had naturally, if it had been perfected. 1789J. Williams Min. Kingd. I. 13 Your conductor, with the point of a pick, can open up a little of the vise or fissure in the pavement. Ibid. 14 The mine has been made in the vise or fissure of the slip. [See also vestigia.] 1886J. Barrowman Sc. Mining Terms 69 Veize, vees, vise, the line of fracture of a fault or hitch.
▪ III. vise
var. (now usually U.S.) of vice n.2 (see also n.1, etc.); obs. f. viss; obs. Sc. f. wise n. (manner); obs. f. wise a.
▪ IV. † vise, v.1 Obs.
Forms: 4–5 vise, 5 wyse, 5–6 vyse, 6 Sc. vyiss, wys.
[Partly (1) aphetic f. of avise advise v. or devise v.: partly (2) a. OF. (mod.F.) viser:—pop.L. *visare, f. vīs-, ppl. stem of L. vidēre to see. Cf. vizy v.1]
1. trans. To devise, contrive, make.
c1325Song of Yesterday 14 in E.E.P. (1862) 133 Þis day as leef we may be liht With alle þe murþes þat men may vise To reuele with þise buyrdes briht. a1400–50Alexander 4686 Ȝe vise ȝow þar-of [sc. gold] vessell for vanyte & pride. Ibid. 5651 Þe names of all þe prouynces & þe places þat he was prince ouire..ware visid all in versis in variant letters.
2. refl. To bethink oneself (well or better); = advise v. 5.
a1330Syr Degarre 542 Nou I schal vise me bette. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xliii. (Cecile) 345 For-þi is gud ȝe wyse ȝu weile, or ȝe tyne al varldis sele. a1400–50Alexander (D.) 751 Þan ayres hym forth alexander & hys aynde takes.., wysez hym how he say wald or he aunswer ȝheldes. a1500in Ratis Raving, etc. 81 Thar ȝha is ȝhai, thar nay is nay, Thai wys thaim weill, ore at thai say. a1568‘This Warldis joy’ in Bannatyne MS. (Hunter. Cl.) 202 Dreid God, do weill;..Seik weill at weill, and vyiss the voundir weil.
b. trans. To think of as useful or necessary.
a1400–50Alexander 126 Þen takis to him tresour & trusses in baggis,..And oþire necessari notis as nedis to his craftis, To sike salmary dangell as him self vyses.
3. To advise, counsel, direct (a person); = advise v. 9.
a1529Skelton Replyc. agst. Yng. Scolers 297 Therfore I vyse you to forsake Of heresy the deuyllysshe scoles. a1553Udall Royster D. i. iv. (Arb.) 26 Well mocke muche of hir, and keepe hir well I vise ye. 1587L. Mascall Govt. Cattle, Horses (1600) 101 To trust all currant horse-coursers, I vise thee to beware.
b. With clause as object; = advise v. 9 c.
1581A. Hall Iliad v. 98, I am content answerd the God, but in your place I vise For better end, that Pallas she do take the enterprise.
4. intr. To look on (something).
a1400–50Alexander 1539 A vestoure to vise on of violet floures. Ibid. 3945 Þan come a fliȝtir in of fowls as fast as it dawid, To vise on as vowtres as vermeon hewid.
b. To reflect on; to consider, contemplate.
1568T. Howell Newe Sonets (1879) 118 Within whose troubled head, such thronge of thoughts doth rise, That now on this and then on that, I cease not oft to vise.
5. trans. To look at or regard attentively or closely; to observe. rare.
1550Bale Eng. Votaries ii. 88 She loked smothely vpon him (the storye sayth) and he as gentyllye vysed her agayne. a1557Abp. Parker Ps. cxix. 352 Inure my hart; I purpose yet all whole thy lawes to vyse.
Hence † vised ppl. a. = advised ppl. a. 1; † ˈvising vbl. n., advice, counsel.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxxvi. (Baptista) 496 Scho gluterit hyme rycht ofte With wysing fare & wordis softe. 1422Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 130 Yf thou wolte largely lyue..thre thyngis thou moste beholde... The thyrde that ye can be viside, and see the Services and Meritis of thy Subiectes.
▪ V. vise
obs. Sc. var. wise v. (to direct). |