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vise en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /vaɪs/
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English vis, vys, vice (“screw”), from Anglo-Norman vyz, vice, from Old French vis (“screw”), from Latin vītis f (“vine”). Probably akin to English withe.

Meanings

1. (US) An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.
   • Clamp this loop in a strong vise and twist the two ends evenly into one piece. As the twisting progresses, move the wire along so as to keep the grip of the vise close to the hands. 1937 October, R. H. Jenkins, “Five attractive new designs you can work out from inexpensive materials”, in Popular Science, volume 131, number 4, Bonnier Corporation, page 96:
2. (figuratively) A situation in which one's freedom of choice is constrained.
   • I'd like to know what would become of us in the next ten minutes. They've got us in a vise. We're done for, Gall. c. 1921 (date written), Karel Čapek, translated by Paul Selver, R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots): A Fantastic Melodrama […], Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1923, →OCLC, Act 3:
3. (obsolete) A screw.
4. (obsolete) A spiral staircase.

Forms

Deriveds

viselike · viseless

Descendants

バイス

Translations (82)

sh менгеле (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · th ปากกาจับของ (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · tg гира (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · sw jiriwa (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · mk менгеме (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · nn skruestikke (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · hy մամլակ (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · tr mengene (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · nb skruestikke (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · uk леща́та (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · sl primež (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · io skrubmordilo (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · tg гиро (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · hu satu (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · cs svěrák (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · az məngənə (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · cmn 萬力 /万力 (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · br biñs-taol (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · pt torno (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · izh tiskat (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · ro menghină (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · sk zverák (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · it morsa (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · be ціскі́ (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · vi mỏ cặp (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · lt spaustuvai (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · cmn 夾鉗 /夹钳 (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · cmn 虎鉗 /虎钳 (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · sq morsë (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · eo vajco (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · fi viilapenkki (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · ga bís (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · da skruetvinge (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · vi ê-tô (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · lo ເສືອຂົບເຫລັກ (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · uz iskanja (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · pl imadło (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · km អង្គំ (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · hi बाँक (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · ja 万力 (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · bg ме́нгеме (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · es morsa (Arg., Uru.) (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · cmn 老虎鉗 /老虎钳 (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · my ပြုတ်တူ (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · ar مِلْزَمَة (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · ms ragum (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · ug ئىسكەنجە (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · el μέγγενη (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · ota اشكنجه (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · ka გირაგი (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · ky кыскыч (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · fi ruuvipenkki (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · th แท่นจับชิ้นงาน (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · uz gira (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · ca cargol de banc (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · nb skrustikke (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · io skrubtenilo (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · pdt Schruwkjlam (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · id ragum (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · fr étau (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · cmn 臺鉗 /台钳 (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · kk іскенже (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · nl bankschroef (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · tl gato (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · mi purimau (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · de Schraubstock (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · is skrúfstykki (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · ar مِنْجَلَة (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · et kruustangid (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · sv skruvstäd (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · ru тиски́ (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · sh mengele (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · ko 바이스 (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · lv spīles (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · nn skrueste (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · da skruestik (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · ja バイス (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · ru тисы́ (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · es tornillo de banco (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · he מלחציים \ מֶלְחָצַיִם (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · pt morsa (two-jawed instrument for holding work) · fi ruuvipuristin (two-jawed instrument for holding work)

wikidata: Q475638

vise en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /vaɪs/
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English vis, vys, vice (“screw”), from Anglo-Norman vyz, vice, from Old French vis (“screw”), from Latin vītis f (“vine”). Probably akin to English withe.

Meanings

1. To clamp with or as with a vise.
   • Repeat this step to make the bend at the other 39-inch mark being careful that it is also at a 90° angle to the vised pipe, and also parallel to the first bend. 1981, Petersen's Photographic Magazine - Volume 10, Issues 7-12, page 51:
   • “There's my girl,” he whispered. He reached back to lift each of her legs to vise her knees under his arms. 2007, Catherine Anderson, Phantom Waltz, →ISBN, page 302:
   • I do clearly remember the last part of that conversation, because it involved Athena promising that the next time she saw me, she was going to vise my jaws open and shit down my throat. 2013, Geoff Berner, Festival Man: A Novel, →ISBN:
   • He looked to see the secretary, vised and crackled in those arms, drop limp and senseless. 1904, The Cambrian - Volume 24, page 166:

Forms

vise en · VERB · etymology 2

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of visé.
   alt of visé
   • Although the Department has no wish to remonstrate further than it has already done against the refusal of the Russian authorities to vise passports issued to naturalized citizens of Russian origin, its position is consistent and tenable that a passport issued by the Government of the United States to one of its citizens and intended for his protection in any and all foreign countries which he may choose to visit is not to be in effect destroyed or impaired in value by a Russian consular officer. 1897, United States. Department of State, Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, page 518:
   • The latest published correspondence on the subject is in the case of Waix, an American citizen of the Jewish race, who applied to the Russian consul general in New York to vise his passport, in order that he might visit Russia. 1904, Frank Charles Smith, Lucien Brock Proctor, Heman Gerald Chapin, The American Lawyer - Volume 12, page 33:
   • At Manchouli, it was said, ViceConsul Ishida and Chancellor Teng requested the local Soviet Consulate to vise their passports, but the Soviet consulate authorities unreasonably declined to comply with the request. 1938, Manchuria: Semi-monthly Publication of the Manchuria Daily News:
   • It was the hour in which all who had affairs to arrange with the Austrian ambassador, passports to vise, contracts to sign,were allowed entrance, and it was the baron's duty to receive them. 1867, Luise Mühlbach, Frederick the Great and His Family, →ISBN:

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