visé

[vee-zey, vee-zey] /ˈvi zeɪ, viˈzeɪ/

noun, verb (used with object), viséed, viséing.

visa.

Origin

< French, past participle of viser to inspect, check; see visa

Examples from the web for visé

When removing the screw, do not clamp the stem in a vise or locking pliers.
The easiest and best way to do the job is to use a heavy bench vise.
One way out of the financial vise is simply to drop coverage.
Attach your skis to the ski vise, which hold the skis in place.
Without much federal help, the poorest mothers are caught in a vise.
The wage debate has put her in something of a political vise.
Do not use a vise that has worn or broken jaw inserts, or has cracks or fractures in the body of the vise.
Must secure work with clamps or a vise, freeing both hands to operate the tool.
It is a carpentry vise for clamping a project to free the users hands for carving.
If this is not possible, place a sheet of soft aluminum or copper between the vise and the casting.

British Dictionary definitions for visé

vise

/vaɪs/

noun, verb

(US) a variant spelling of vice²

Word Origin and History for visé

vise

c.1300, "device like a screw or winch for bending a crossbow or catapult," from Old French vis, viz "screw," from Latin vitis "vine, tendril of a vine," literally "that which winds," from root of viere "to bind, twist" (see withy). The meaning "clamping tool with two jaws closed by a screw" is first recorded c.1500.