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Noun: vise  vIs
Usage: US (elsewhere: vice)
  1. A holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place
    "He clamped the wood in the vise before starting to saw";
    - bench vise [US], vice, bench vice

Sounds like: vials, viols

Derived forms: vises

Type of: holding device

Encyclopedia: Vise, David