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hand-vice
A vice that may be held in one hand. Sometimes applied to a small movable vice that can be fixed to a bench.
1611Cotgr., Oberon..the hand-vice, or toole, wherewith a Locksmith holds a key as he files it. 1669Sturmy Mariner's Mag. ii. 53 You should have a Hand-Vice, so made as to screw into the edge of a Board for your use. 1703Moxon Mech. Exerc. 5 The Office of the Hand-Vice, is to hold small work in, that may require often turning about. 1822J. Imison Sc. & Art II. 426 Fix a hand-vice to some part of it where no work is intended to be. |