Vice

[Fr. vis, a screw.] An instrument with two strong jaws, closed by a screw, lever, or cam, for holding things firmly when being filed. the blacksmith’s vice the front jaw reaches down further than in the machinist’s and is loosely fastened at the bottom. Carpenters use wooden vices. bearing grapes from which wine is made. All one species, Viiis vinifera. The chief districts are France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Austria, and Italy, and this species is also grown in var i¬ ous other parts of the world, including Cali¬ fornia. There are several different species in the for food, made from wine, cider, beer, malt, etc. The sourne is due to the presence of acetic acid, and of this there is from 3 to 5 per cent. plant with a small flower, having a delicate fragrance. Sweet violet is the Viola odorata. Pansy is the Viola tricolor, and is also called and heart’s-ease. strings, played with a bow. Its tones are bril¬ liant and of great power and variety, and in the orchestra it is the leading and most important instrument.— Viola, a violin a fifth lower in compa than the ordinary violin.— Violoncello [Ital.], a large ba violin with four strings, an octave lower than the viola. beget.] A poisonous serpent; so named because it was the only serpent that was supposed to bring forth its young alive. The varieties include the common viper, the asp, the African horned viper, with a horny scale over each eye, Indian viper, and the red viper or copper-head, an animal like a rattlesnake without the rattles. ing the appearance of a living picture. Various