vise
vahys
- n a holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place
- Fear descended on the country and squeezed it in a vise.
- Deep snow held the party in a soft vise.
- Dupre's jockey for the International: Yves Saint-Martin, France's top rider, a vise-handed craftsman who, at 21, already ranks with the world's best.