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[Cookist]

My first ever contribution and I have to argue! 2d answer is vise not vice.See Wikipedia and my Dad was a mechanic.

[Brooksy]

The Concise Oxford dictionary gives both spellings.

[Town Crier]

vice1 or (N Am) vise
n a tool with movable jaws for gripping an object that is being worked on; a grip (Shakesp); a screw (obs); a winding stair or its newel (obs).
vt to grip, force, jam or strain as with a vice.
[OFr (and Fr) vis screw, from L v\-itis a vine]

This is from Chambers. Sorry Cookist.