VICE (3)

vice (3). Vice, in composition signifies second in rank

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Vice, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Viced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Vicing (?).] To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice. Shak. The coachman's hand was viced between his upper and lower thigh. De Quincey.