Meaning of Vise | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A municipality in the province of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium.
3. An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.
   US
4. visa.
   archaic
5. A situation in which one's freedom of choice is constrained.
   figuratively
6. A screw.
   obsolete
7. A spiral staircase.
   obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

“A minister cannot make any direct charge for giving or viséing a passport (though his porter always takes care to ask for something), whereas the Russian consul always charges a dollar banco for every visé.”

“[…] promising her that he would not print a word to which her approval should not be expressly given. She should countersign every page before it went to press, and none should leave the house without her visé.”

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