viced


vise

also vice V0085800 (vīs)n. A heavy clamp, usually mounted on a workbench and operated by a screw or lever, used in carpentry or metalworking to hold a piece in position.tr.v. vised, vis·ing, vis·es also viced or vic·ing or vic·es To hold or compress in or as if in a vise.
[Middle English vis, screwlike device, from Old French, screw, from Latin vītis, vine (from its spiral wrappings); see wei- in Indo-European roots.]