(n.) A defect; a fault; an error; a blemish; an imperfection; as,
the vices of a political constitution; the vices of a horse.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The buffoon of the old English moralities, or moral dramas,
having the name sometimes of one vice, sometimes of another, or of Vice
itself; -- called also Iniquity.
(n.) A kind of instrument for holding work, as in filing. Same as
Vise.
(n.) A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for
casements.
(n.) A gripe or grasp.
(v. t.) To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice.
(prep.) In the place of; in the stead; as, A. B. was appointed
postmaster vice C. D. resigned.
(prep.) Denoting one who in certain cases may assume the office or
duties of a superior; designating an officer or an office that is
second in rank or authority; as, vice president; vice agent; vice
consul, etc.
