Definition of vise

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Vise (n.) An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing..

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Sentisection :: Sentisection (n.) Painful vivisection; -- opposed to callisection.
Regarder :: Regarder (n.) An officer appointed to supervise the forest.
Able :: Able (superl.) Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property..
Previse :: Previse (v. t.) To foresee.
Avise :: Avise (v. t.) To advise; to counsel.
Geissler Tube :: Geissler tube () A glass tube provided with platinum electrodes, and containing some gas under very low tension, which becomes luminous when an electrical discharge is passed through it; -- so called from the name of a noted maker in germany. It is called also Plucker tube, from the German physicist who devised it..
Vivisect :: Vivisect (v. t.) To perform vivisection upon; to dissect alive.
Devise :: Devise (v. t.) To give by will; -- used of real estate; formerly, also, of chattels..
Fudge :: Fudge (v. t.) To make up; to devise; to contrive; to fabricate.
Overlook :: Overlook (v. t.) Hence: To supervise; to watch over; sometimes, to observe secretly; as, to overlook a gang of laborers; to overlook one who is writing a letter..
Dissuade :: Dissuade (v. t.) To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course).
Revise :: Revise (n.) A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction.
Machination :: Machination (n.) That which is devised; a device; a hostile or treacherous scheme; an artful design or plot.
Improvise :: Improvise (v. i.) To produce or render extemporaneous compositions, especially in verse or in music, without previous preparation; hence, to do anything offhand..
Avise :: Avise (v. i.) To consider; to reflect.
Pasteurization :: Pasteurization (n.) A process devised by Pasteur for preventing or checking fermentation in fluids, such as wines, milk, etc., by exposure to a temperature of 140ยก F., thus destroying the vitality of the contained germs or ferments..
Advisement :: Advisement (n.) Counsel; advice; information.
Slate :: Slate (v. t.) A list of candidates, prepared for nomination or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of action, devised beforehand..
Miscounsel :: Miscounsel (v. t.) To counsel or advise wrongly.
Antivivisectionist :: Antivivisectionist (n.) One opposed to vivisectio.
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