What is the meaning behind “VIC” as in “vis”?
What does the Monarch, no less boldly than her compeer, despatched among the rebel fleet, and singling out
the Lovell, under full speed, hit her fairly close, her prow far into the hull, and remaining for a moment fastened as in a vice.
Type of tool, movable jaws, used to hold an object in place. A workbench.
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If you want a tool that applies considerable squeezing pressure, you
need to use vanes or vice.
The mechanism in a corresponding vice is very strong and will not loosen, yield to movement or deformation of the object being held. A vice is usually attached to a bench. In your examples these things will not budge as they are held fast as if by a metaphorical vice.