— viselike , adj.
/vuys/ , n. , v. , vised, vising .
n.
1. any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
v.t.
2. to hold, press, or squeeze with or as with a vise.
Also, vice .
[ 1300-50; ME vis vitis vine (whose spiral form gave later sense) ]