(n.) A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt; -- called also blue bice.
(n.) A cold north wind which prevails on the northern coasts of the Mediterranean and in Switzerland, etc.; -- nearly the same as the mistral.
(n.) See Bice.
Example Sentences:
(1) When Kerry arrived in Paris, he rushed to warmly embrace the French president, but when Hollande went to give Kerry a typical French greeting ( une bise ), Kerry fumbled – and for a moment it looked like the two men were about to start french kissing for real.
(2) Maybe that will come later, although Merkel never did warm to l'art de la bise , the art of kissing introduced to her by Nicolas Sarkozy which helped to earn them the joint moniker "Merkozy".
(3) 2015: John Kerry fumbles a French kiss with François Hollande Facebook Twitter Pinterest You must remember this: une bise is just une bise .
Vise
Definition:
(n.) An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.
(n.) An indorsement made on a passport by the proper authorities of certain countries on the continent of Europe, denoting that it has been examined, and that the person who bears it is permitted to proceed on his journey; a visa.
(v. t.) To examine and indorse, as a passport; to visa.
Example Sentences:
(1) For rapid and fairly consistent splitting, a vise to the jaws of which triangular metal files have been welded has been found useful.
(2) In addition, most patients exhibited a marked shift from abnormal to normal platelet aggregation or vise-versa within a short time period.
(3) These results could not be interpreted on the basis of shift of 5 monodeiodinase to 5' form or vise versa, and imply that the two deionative process may be independent each other.
(4) The teeth were reproducibly repositioned in a bench-vise, where a profilometer repeatedly measured root surface levels at the same location.
(5) Thus, the action of the bisintercalating drug may be compared to a vise clamping the inner base pairs.
(6) A miniature vise built into a copper stub is described that holds bulk, pre-frozen, hydrated biological specimens during examination under the electron beam of the scanning electron microscope.
(7) The technique using the transfer vise is compared to other existing techniques, and its advantages and limitations are discussed.
(8) A recently developed vise for gluing ceramic cross-section specimens is described, and some examples of the effect of glue thickness on specimen quality are shown.
(9) Neurones which increased their firing rate during phrenic nerve activity tend to respond with decrease discharge to passive chest inflation, and vise versa.
(10) Professor Roger Jones, Professorial Research Fellow in the Victoria Institute of Strategic Economic Studies (VISES) at Victoria University “The perfect storm of stupidity.
(11) It has been established that the main features of the laminar picture of the maxillary sinuses can be determined by two main properties of tomography as a method: the possibility to lead the portions of the sinus osseous walls of greater-length as compared with conventional roentgenography out to the edge-forming zone due to oblique course of the ray beam, and vise versa, disappearance of outlines of these walls in those sections where they are considerably inclined in relation to the roentgen film plane.
(12) Teeth to be split were grooved on their opposing external surfaces and were then cracked open between the file blades upon application of pressure by the vise.
(13) The transfer vise and its technique are recommended for the routine treatment of fixed and removable prosthodontic patients.
(14) In group II (n = 20) the dogs were decapitated by means of a specially designed neck vise.
(15) In addition to its known influence on calcium exchange it gives vise to an analgesic effect within the central nervous system and this follows systemic administration or after bolus intrathecal injection.
(16) The transfer vise, a new instrument that is used for the adjustment of articulators, is described.
(17) The frozen pulps were removed with the help of a screw vise and analysed for ATP, ADP and AMP contents and Ca2+ and Mg2+-ATPases activities.
(18) A modified vise allowing easy handling and safe performing of bone grafts is described.
(19) Vise-grip pliers were used to twist the nail into a cigar-wrapper shape.
(20) Each femur was held in an angle vise that was placed on rollers on a table mounted on the servohydraulic testing machine.