vise
/vaɪs/ · noun
Meaning
- An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.
- A situation in which one's freedom of choice is constrained.
- A screw.
- A spiral staircase.
- To clamp with or as with a vise.
- Alternative form of visé.
- A surname.
Etymology / origin
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.
- vītis(la)→
- vis(Old French)→
- vyz(xno)→
- vis(enm)→
- vise (English)
- Relations: inh, der, der, der
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