At some time fairly close to Mon, 11 Sep 2006 07:52:33 -0700,
rumor has it that Jim wrote:
> > And I think women today have tighter vices for their man's
> > equipage?
>
> Y'know, I think you meant vises. Tighter vices doesn't sound
> all that bad! :-)
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
vives \vives\ (v[imac]vz), n. [OF. vives, F. avives (cf. Sp.
abivas, adiva) fr. Ar. ad-dh[imac]ba. Cf. Fives vives.]
(Far.)
A disease of brute animals, especially of horses, seated in
the glands under the ear, where a tumor is formed which
sometimes ends in suppuration.
*************** and
Vice \Vice\ (v[imac]s), n. [F., from L. vitium.]
1. A defect; a fault; an error; a blemish; an imperfection;
as, the vices of a political constitution; the vices of a
horse.
2. A moral fault or failing; especially, immoral conduct or
habit, as in the indulgence of degrading appetites;
customary deviation in a single respect, or in general,
from a right standard, implying a defect of natural
character, or the result of training and habits; a harmful
custom; immorality; depravity; wickedness; as, a life of
vice; the vice of intemperance.
*************** finally,
Vice \Vice\, n. [See Vise.]
1. (Mech.) A kind of instrument for holding work, as in
filing. Same as Vise.
[1913 Webster]
2. A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods,
for casements. [Written also vise.]
[1913 Webster]
-- Philip, with kdict within easy reach
