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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. When Jenny's stays are newly laced. --Prior. 2. To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material; as cloth laced with silver. --Shak. 3. To beat to lash; to make stripes on [Colloq.] I'll lace your coat for ye --L'Estrange. 4. To add spirits to (a beverage). [Old Slang] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 His hat hung at his back down by a lace. --Chaucer. For striving more the more in laces strong Himself he tied. --Spenser. 2. A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net. [Obs.] --Fairfax. Vulcanus had caught thee [Venus] in his lace. --Chaucer. 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 costlylaces --Bacon. 4. Spirits added to coffee or some other beverage. [Old Slang] --Addison. {Alencon lace}, a kind of point lace, entirely of needlework, first made at Alencon 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} (Zo["o]l.), 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}, & {Pillow lace}. See under {Pillow}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lace \Lace\, v. i. To be fastened with a lace, or laces; as these boots lace. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lace \Lace\, v. t. 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 temble door. --Kipling. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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: twine or twist together; "intertwine the threads" [syn: {intertwine}, {twine}, {entwine}, {enlace}, {interlace}] [ant: {untwine}] 2: make by braiding [syn: {braid}, {plait}] 3: do lacework 4: draw through eyes or holes; "lace the shoelaces" [syn: {lace up}] 5: add alcohol beverages [syn: {spike}, {fortify}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: 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.
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