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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Vis'e \Vi*s['e]"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Vis['e]ed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vis['e]ing}.] To examine and indorse, as a passport; to visa.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Vise \Vise\, noun [F. vis a screw, winding stairs, OF. vis, viz, fr. L. vitis a vine; probably akin to E. withy.] An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing. [Written also {vice}.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Vis'e \Vi*s['e]"\, noun [F. vis['e], p. p. of viser to put a visa to, fr. L. visus seen, p. p. of videre to see.] An indorsement made on a passport by the proper authorities of certain countries on the continent of Europe, denoting that it has been examined, and that the person who bears it is permitted to proceed on his journey; a visa.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Vice \Vice\, noun [See {Vise}.]
1. (Mech.) A kind of instrument for holding work, as in filing. Same as {Vise}.
2. A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements. [Written also {vise}.]
3. A gripe or grasp. [Obs.] --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
vise
noun: a holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place [syn: {bench vise}]
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