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Lace   /leɪs/   Listen
noun
Lace  n.  
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. "His hat hung at his back down by a lace." "For striving more, the more in laces strong Himself he tied."
2.
A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net. (Obs.) "Vulcanus had caught thee (Venus) in his lace."
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. "Our English dames are much given to the wearing of costly laces."
4.
Spirits added to coffee or some other beverage. (Old Slang)
Alençon lace, a kind of point lace, entirely of needlework, first made at Alençon 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.


verb
Lace  v. t.  (past & past part. laced; pres. part. 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. "When Jenny's stays are newly laced."
2.
To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material; as, cloth laced with silver.
3.
To beat; to lash; to make stripes on. (Colloq.) "I'll lace your coat for ye."
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)
5.
To twine or draw as a lace; to interlace; to intertwine. "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."


Lace  v. i.  To be fastened with a lace, or laces; as, these boots lace.





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"Lace" Quotes from Famous Books



... River, tiny forests of gnarled, stunted jack-pine, creeping wearily from a soft carpet of silver and emerald moss which lay thick upon the white sand hills. Little red berries, like blood stars, peeped at them from the setting of silk lace moss—wintergreen berries, and grouse berries, and lowbush cranberries, all blushing ...
— The Outcasts • W. A. Fraser
... while they bandaged the ankle tightly with wet cloths. Don put on his shoe but did not lace it. He tried to climb the ravine bank, but that was a bit too rough. Tim picked him up with a fireman's lift and surged ...
— Don Strong, Patrol Leader • William Heyliger
... Carnegie wore a gown of white satin and point applique lace, with a lace veil falling from a light brown coiffeur almost to the end of the ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, April 30, 1919 • Various
... again, the cuirass alone being laid aside. The laced scarlet coat, and the other items of attire, were strictly in accordance with the somewhat lax regulations as to the dress of an officer of dragoons; but the lace cravat falling in front, and the dress lace ruffles of the wrists, were certainly more ample than the Duke of Marlborough might have considered fit for strict regimental attire. But indeed there was little rule as to dress in those early days of a ...
— The Cornet of Horse - A Tale of Marlborough's Wars • G. A. Henty
... Economy," he justly observed, "was, as well as simplicity, a Christian grace; and, therefore, the rulers had determined that those persons who had run into the excess of immoderate veils and sleeves, embroidered caps, and gold and silver lace, should be permitted to wear them out, but ...
— Choice Specimens of American Literature, And Literary Reader - Being Selections from the Chief American Writers • Benj. N. Martin


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