Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A vise which may be attached to a bench.

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  • For this purpose the piece may be held in the bench-vise and the plane tipped to the proper angle, or the piece may be held in a handscrew which in turn is held in the vise as in Fig. 175, p. 102.

    Handwork in Wood William Noyes

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