Thread: Is it a VICE, VISE, or in Australia a VYCE

Interesting Piece of history!!

When I strted high school our ww teacher insisted we spell that clamping tool as vise.
The other way -ie. vice - was something evil or bad.

I have 2 vises and several of the other sort!!!

I thought vyce was a classier sort of vice.



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Graeme

VYCE

n.

1.

(Coopering) A kind of clamp with gimlet points for holding a barrel head while the staves are being closed around it.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by C. & G. Merriam Co.

Originally Posted by DSEL74

VYCE

n.

1.

(Coopering) A kind of clamp with gimlet points for holding a barrel head while the staves are being closed around it.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by C. & G. Merriam Co.

I thought everyone knew that Mr Webster cannot spell reliably.

The authoritive Oxford Dictionary specifies the correct spelling as vice in all circumstances. It does condescend vise as the alternative American spelling!



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Graeme

I always thought this site was, "Abandon Spell-Check before entering".

Originally Posted by dsel74

vyce

n.

1.

(coopering) a kind of cramp with gimlet points for holding a barrel head while the staves are being closed around it.

webster's revised unabridged dictionary, published 1913 by c. & g. Merriam co.

Fixed :d

Originally Posted by artme

Interesting Piece of history!!

When I strted high school our ww teacher insisted we spell that clamping tool as vise.
The other way -ie. vice - was something evil or bad.

I have 2 vises and several of the other sort!!!

Was it Socrates who said that the sum of a man's vices is always a constant? I.e. If you don't smoke, drink or swear, you still have a lot to answer for!

We are still none the wiser? Perhaps ask the lady that used to be on ABC TV series "Can We help"

Misprints

In my time amongst the unlettered natives of North America I picked up spelling it as "vise". I have retained that spelling, because I like to distinguish between 'vises' (of which I have several) and 'vices' (of which I have none! )

This sheds some light on the matter, if it's correct:

vice2 US (often), vise [vaɪs]
n
(Engineering / Tools) an appliance for holding an object while work is done upon it, usually having a pair of jaws

vb
(Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) (tr) to grip (something) with or as if with a vice
[from Old French vis a screw, from Latin vītis vine, plant with spiralling tendrils (hence the later meaning)]

So it seems we get the word from French for 'screw', and no-one in the Anglophone world is spelling it correctly. As a Japanese friend of mine once remarked, "bwuddy Ingwish!"...........

Avagooday,

Originally Posted by IanW

In my time amongst the unlettered natives of North America I picked up spelling it as "vise". I have retained that spelling, because I like to distinguish between 'vises' (of which I have several) and 'vices' (of which I have none! )

This sheds some light on the matter, if it's correct:

vice2 US (often), vise [vaɪs]
n
(Engineering / Tools) an appliance for holding an object while work is done upon it, usually having a pair of jaws

vb
(Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) (tr) to grip (something) with or as if with a vice
[from Old French vis a screw, from Latin vītis vine, plant with spiralling tendrils (hence the later meaning)]

So it seems we get the word from French for 'screw', and no-one in the Anglophone world is spelling it correctly. As a Japanese friend of mine once remarked, "bwuddy Ingwish!"...........

Avagooday,

So just to clarify to 'Screw' is a "Vice'?

Originally Posted by DSEL74

So just to clarify to 'Screw' is a "Vice'?

Depends on how long you've been married, I think........

Originally Posted by IanW

So it seems we get the word from French for 'screw', and no-one in the Anglophone world is spelling it correctly. As a Japanese friend of mine once remarked, "bwuddy Ingwish!"...........

Avagooday,

So, that thing on the end of my bench is a screaux ????



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Graeme

Originally Posted by GraemeCook

So, that thing on the end of my bench is a screaux ????

Yes, Graeme. And don't screaux it too hard or it might end up stuphed.....