Lace \Lace\ (l[=a]s), n. [OE. las, OF. laz, F. lacs, dim. lacet,
fr. L. laqueus noose, snare; prob. akin to lacere to entice.
Cf. Delight, Elicit, Lasso, Latchet.]
1. That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven;
a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through
eyelet or other holes, and used in drawing and holding
together parts of a garment, of a shoe, of a machine belt,
etc.
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His hat hung at his back down by a lace. --Chaucer.
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For striving more, the more in laces strong
Himself he tied. --Spenser.
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2. A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a
net. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
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Vulcanus had caught thee [Venus] in his lace.
--Chaucer.
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3. A fabric of fine threads of linen, silk, cotton, etc.,
often ornamented with figures; a delicate tissue of
thread, much worn as an ornament of dress.
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Our English dames are much given to the wearing of
costly laces. --Bacon.
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4. Spirits added to coffee or some other beverage. [Old
Slang] --Addison.
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Alen[,c]on lace, a kind of point lace, entirely of
needlework, first made at Alen[,c]on in France, in the
17th century. It is very durable and of great beauty and
cost.
Bone lace, Brussels lace, etc. See under Bone,
Brussels, etc.
Gold lace, or Silver lace, lace having warp threads of
silk, or silk and cotton, and a weft of silk threads
covered with gold (or silver), or with gilt.
Lace leather, thin, oil-tanned leather suitable for cutting
into lacings for machine belts.
Lace lizard (Zool.), a large, aquatic, Australian lizard
({Hydrosaurus giganteus), allied to the monitors.
Lace paper, paper with an openwork design in imitation of
lace.
Lace piece (Shipbuilding), the main piece of timber which
supports the beak or head projecting beyond the stem of a
ship.
Lace pillow, and Pillow lace. See under Pillow.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Lace \Lace\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Laced ([=a]st); p. pr. & vb.
n. Lacing.]
1. To fasten with a lace; to draw together with a lace passed
through eyelet holes; to unite with a lace or laces, or,
figuratively. with anything resembling laces. --Shak.
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When Jenny's stays are newly laced. --Prior.
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2. To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative
material; as, cloth laced with silver. --Shak.
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3. To beat; to lash; to make stripes on. [Colloq.]
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I'll lace your coat for ye. --L'Estrange.
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4. To add something to (a food or beverage) so as to impart
flavor, pungency, or some special quality; as, to lace a
punch with alcohol; to lace the Kool-Aid with LSD. [Old
Slang]
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5. To twine or draw as a lace; to interlace; to intertwine.
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The Gond . . . picked up a trail of the Karela, the
vine that bears the bitter wild gourd, and laced it
to and fro across the temple door. --Kipling.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Lace \Lace\, v. i.
To be fastened with a lace, or laces; as, these boots lace.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
lace
n 1: a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in
order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or
garment) [syn: lacing]
2: a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of
symmetrical patterns
v 1: spin or twist together so as to form a cord; "intertwine the
ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope" [syn: intertwine,
twine, entwine, enlace, interlace] [ant: untwine]
2: make by braiding or interlacing; "lace a tablecloth" [syn: braid,
plait]
3: do lacework; "The Flemish women were lacing in front of the
cathedral"
4: draw through eyes or holes; "lace the shoelaces" [syn: lace
up]
5: add alcohol beverages [syn: spike, fortify]
WordNet (r) 2.0
209 Moby Thesaurus words for "lace":
Brussels point, Roman lace, Shetland lace, Venetian point,
adulterate, arabesque, assail, assault, attack, band, bandage,
basketry, basketwork, bastardize, baste, bastinado, beat, belabor,
belt, bend, berate, bind, bind up, birch, brace, braid, buffet,
bundle, cancellation, cane, castigate, chain, cinch, cloth, club,
contaminate, cord, corrupt, cowhide, cross-hatching, crossing-out,
cudgel, cut, debase, denaturalize, denature, dilute, do up, doctor,
doctor up, drapery, drub, enlace, entwine, etoffe, fabric, fall on,
fall upon, felt, filet lace, filigree, fillet, flagellate, flail,
flog, fortify, fret, fretwork, fustigate, gird, girdle, girt,
girth, give a whipping, give the stick, goods, grate, grating,
grid, gridiron, grille, grillwork, hachure, hatching, horsewhip,
interknit, interlace, interlacement, intertexture, intertie,
intertissue, intertwine, intertwinement, intertwist, interweave,
intort, knit, knout, lacery, lacework, lacing, lash, lattice,
latticework, lay into, lay on, leash, light into, loom, loop, mat,
material, mesh, meshes, meshwork, napery, needlepoint, net,
netting, network, noose, openwork, pistol-whip, plait, pleach,
plexure, plexus, point, pollute, pommel, pounce on, pounce upon,
pummel, raddle, rag, rawhide, reticle, reticulation, reticule,
reticulum, revile, riddle, rope, scold, scourge, screen, screening,
set upon, shoelace, shoestring, sieve, silk, smite, spank, spike,
splice, strap, strengthen, string, stripe, stuff, swaddle, swathe,
swinge, switch, tamper with, tatting, textile, textile fabric,
texture, thong, thrash, thread, thump, tie, tie up, tissu, tissue,
tracery, trellis, trelliswork, trounce, truncheon, truss, twill,
twine, twist, upbraid, wallop, water, water down, wattle, weave,
weaving, web, webbing, webwork, weft, whale, whip, whop, wicker,
wickerwork, wire, woof, wool, wrap, wrap up, wreathe
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Lace
Language for Assembling Classes in Eiffel. Specifies how to
assemble an Eiffel system : in which directories to find the
clusters, which class to use as the root, permits class
renaming to avoid name clashes. "Eiffel: The Language",
Bertrand Meyer, P-H 1992.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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