VISE
\vˈa͡ɪz], \vˈaɪz], \v_ˈaɪ_z]\
Definitions of VISE
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- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
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By Oddity Software
By Noah Webster.
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A two jawed instrument for holding objects firmly. Also, vice.
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An official endorsement on a passport giving permission to proceed; an official signature approving a document.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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An instrument of two jaws closed together by a screw or the like. Vice.
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An official indorsement, as on a passport, certifying that it has been inspected and found correct.
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Vise.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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On the continent of Europe, an indorsement made on the passport of a traveller denoting that it has been examined by the authorities, and that the person named in it is permitted to proceed on his journey.
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To examine and indorse, as a passport.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [French] A spiral staircase, the steps of which wind round a perpendicular shaft or pillar ;— an instrument for griping and holding things, closed by a screw.
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n. [French] An indorsement mode by the police officers of certain countries on the continent of Europe on a passport, denoting that it has been examined, and that the person who bears it is permitted to proceed on his journey.
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