Vice

vis, n. an iron or wooden screw-pre , fixed to the edge of a work board, fur holding anything tightly while being filed, [Ft. vis (It. vxte, screw, - vitis, tendril of a vine, anythtng of a like spiral formal Vice, vis, n a blemish or fault immoral conduct depravity of manners a bad trick or habit in a horse F’r — L vitwnr, a blemish or defect.] Vice-admiral, vlx-ad'mir-ak « one acting in the place of or second in command to an admiral: a civil officer who exercises Admiralty jimsdiclion vice, in the place of—vic is, change, and AdmiraL] vice-admiral