(US) Aninstrument consisting of twojaws, closing by a screw,lever,cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.
1937 October, R. H. Jenkins, “Five attractive new designs you can work out from inexpensive materials”, inPopular Science, volume131, number 4, Bonnier Corporation,page96:
Clamp this loop in a strongvise and twist the two ends evenly into one piece. As the twisting progresses, move the wire along so as to keep the grip of thevise close to the hands.
Repeat this step to make the bend at the other 39-inch mark being careful that it is also at a 90° angle to thevised pipe, and also parallel to the first bend.
I do clearly remember the last part of that conversation, because it involved Athena promising that the next time she saw me, she was going tovise my jaws open and shit down my throat.
1867, Luise Mühlbach,Frederick the Great and His Family,→ISBN:
It was the hour in which all who had affairs to arrange with the Austrian ambassador, passports tovise, contracts to sign,were allowed entrance, and it was the baron's duty to receive them.
1897, United States. Department of State,Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, page518:
Although the Department has no wish to remonstrate further than it has already done against the refusal of the Russian authorities tovise passports issued to naturalized citizens of Russian origin, its position is consistent and tenable that a passport issued by the Government of the United States to one of its citizens and intended for his protection in any and all foreign countries which he may choose to visit is not to be in effect destroyed or impaired in value by a Russian consular officer.
1904, Frank Charles Smith, Lucien Brock Proctor, Heman Gerald Chapin,The American Lawyer - Volume 12, page33:
The latest published correspondence on the subject is in the case of Waix, an American citizen of the Jewish race, who applied to the Russian consul general in New York tovise his passport, in order that he might visit Russia.
1938,Manchuria: Semi-monthly Publication of the Manchuria Daily News:
At Manchouli, it was said, ViceConsul Ishida and Chancellor Teng requested the local Soviet Consulate tovise their passports, but the Soviet consulate authorities unreasonably declined to comply with the request.
