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lacing |
3 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]: Lacing \La"cing\, n. 1. The act of securing, fastening, or tightening, with a lace or laces. 2. A lace; specifically (Mach.), a thong of thin leather for uniting the ends of belts. 3. A rope or line passing through eyelet holes in the edge of a sail or an awning to attach it to a yard, gaff, etc 4. (Bridge Building) A system of bracing bars, not crossing each other in the middle, connecting the channel bars of a compound strut. --Waddell. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: lacing n : a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment) [syn: {lace}]
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