(UK) Alternative spelling of vise (“mechanical screw apparatus used for clamping”) / A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.

plural of larrikin

(idiomatic) To defer action or decision until another matter is finished or resolved. / (idiomatic) To await a seemingly inevitable event, especially one that is not desirable.

The fruit of the wild service tree or chequer tree, Photinia villosa, syn. Sorbus terminalis