vise

A heavy clamp, usually mounted on a workbench and operated by a screw or lever, used in carpentry or metalworking to hold a piece in position.

To hold or compress in or as if in a vise.

1. To screw; force, as by a screw.

To press or squeeze with a vise, or as if with a vise; hold as if in a vise.

Same as vese.

A screw.

The newel, or central shaft, of a winding staircase.

A gripping or holding tool or appliance, fixed or portable, used to hold an object firmly in position while work is performed upon it.

A tool for drawing rods of lead into the grooved rods called cames used for setting glass, especially in stained-glass windows.

A grip or grasp.