Obs. rare. Abbreviation of VIS-À-VIS 1. Also attrib.
1809. Sporting Mag., XXXIII. 276. The Vis Landau will be the fashionable vehicle among the Members of the Whip Club.
1814. Byron, Lett. to Moore, 9 April. In utter contempt of a hackney-coach and my own vis, both of which were deemed necessary for our conveyance.