hand vicehand visen.
/ˈhand vʌɪs/, U.S. /ˈhænd ˌvaɪs/ A small vice (vice n.2 5a) able to be held in one hand. Formerly occasionally also: †a small movable vice that can be fixed to a workbench (obsolete).
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wresting-vice1609
hand vice1611
bench screw1678
bench vice1688
screw dog1855
pin vice1868
taper-vice1877
staple-vice1881
vice grip1915
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Oberon,..the hand-vice, or toole, wherewith a Locksmith holds a key as he files it.
1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. ii. 53 You should have a Hand-Vice, so made as to screw into the edge of a Board for your use.
1735 J. Barrow Dict. Polygraphicum I. at Etching Screw the copper plate..to a hand vice, which hold over a charcoal fire till it be warm.
1767 J. Priestley Hist. & Present State Electr. viii. xiv. 728 They were hooked one to the other, and held fast in hand vises.
1836 L. Herbert Engineer's & Mechanic's Encycl. II. 380 Hand-vices..are all so small as to be held in one hand, that the article they gripe may be worked upon by the other; the jaws are drawn together or asunder by a small thumb screw.
1883 Art Amateur Sept. 76/2 The plate is held between the jaws of a hand-vice.
1928 Proc. Royal Soc. 1927–8 B. 102 421 [Each tooth] was..clamped by the root portion in a small hand vice.
1958 Pop. Mech. Dec. 203/1 Combination hand vise and bench vise is so designed that it can be detached from bench clamp and used as a hand vise for holding small parts securely for freehand operations.
2009 B. Holschuh Jeweler's Studio iv. 74/1 Hold a section of wire in a clamp or hand vice, tap the end of the wire..then cut the nail to the desired length.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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