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lac⋅ing

  [ley-sing]
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–noun
1. the act of a person or thing that laces.
2. a trimming of lace or braid.
3. a beating or thrashing.
4. a small amount of alcoholic liquor or any other substance added to food or drink.
5. a lace used for fastening, as in a shoe or corset.
6. Building Trades, Engineering. any member or members, as a batten plate or steel bars, uniting the angles or flanges of a composite girder, column, or strut.
7. Also called lacing course. Masonry.
a. a course of brick in a wall of rubble.
b. a bond course in a rowlock arch.
8. Nautical. any light line for fastening a sail, awning, or other cloth.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see lace, -ing 1
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  [leys] noun, verb, laced, lac⋅ing.
–noun
1. a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
2. a cord or string for holding or drawing together, as when passed through holes in opposite edges.
3. ornamental cord or braid, esp. of gold or silver, used to decorate uniforms, hats, etc.
4. a small amount of alcoholic liquor or other substance added to food or drink.
–verb (used with object)
5. to fasten, draw together, or compress by or as if by means of a lace.
6. to pass (a cord, leather strip, etc.), as through holes.
7. to interlace or intertwine.
8. to adorn or trim with lace.
9. to add a small amount of alcoholic liquor or other substance to (food or drink): He took his coffee laced with brandy.
10. to lash, beat, or thrash.
11. to compress the waist of (a person) by drawing tight the laces of a corset, or the like.
12. to mark or streak, as with color.
–verb (used without object)
13. to be fastened with a lace: These shoes lace up the side.
14. to attack physically or verbally (often fol. by into): The teacher laced into his students.
Origin:
1175–1225; (n.) ME las < OF laz, las ≪ L laqueus noose; (v.) ME lasen < MF lacier, lasser, lachier (F lacer) ≪ L laqueāre to enclose in a noose, trap

Related forms:
lacelike, adjective
lacer, noun
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n.  
  1. A cord or ribbon used to draw and tie together two opposite edges, as of a shoe.
  2. A delicate fabric made of yarn or thread in an open weblike pattern. Also called lacework.
  3. Gold or silver braid ornamenting an officer's uniform.
v.   laced, lac·ing, lac·es

v.   tr.
  1. To thread a cord through the eyelets or around the hooks of.
    1. To draw together and tie the laces of.
    2. To restrain or constrict by tightening laces, especially of a corset.
    3. To add a touch of flavor to: "today's chefs love to lace their goods with lively, pronounced flavors" (David Rosengarten).
    4. To add a substance, especially an intoxicant or narcotic, to: laced the eggnog with rum and brandy.
    5. To add or intersperse with something in order to produce a certain effect: "Quacks now lace their pitch with scientific terms that may sound authentic to the uninformed" (Jane E. Brody).
  3. To pull or pass through; intertwine: lace garlands through a trellis.
  4. To trim or decorate with or as if with lace.
    1. To add a touch of flavor to: "today's chefs love to lace their goods with lively, pronounced flavors" (David Rosengarten).
    2. To add a substance, especially an intoxicant or narcotic, to: laced the eggnog with rum and brandy.
    3. To add or intersperse with something in order to produce a certain effect: "Quacks now lace their pitch with scientific terms that may sound authentic to the uninformed" (Jane E. Brody).
  6. To streak with color.
  7. To give a beating to; thrash: laced his opponent in the second round.
v.   intr.
To be fastened or tied with laces or a lace.
Phrasal Verb(s):
lace into Informal To attack; assail: laced into me for arriving so late.

[Middle English, from Old French las, noose, string, from Vulgar Latin *laceum, from Latin laqueus, noose; probably akin to lacere, to entice, ensnare.]
lace'less adj., lac'er n.
lac·ing   (lā'sĭng)   
n.  
  1. Something that laces; a lace.
  2. A touch of liquor added to a beverage or food.
  3. Informal A beating or thrashing.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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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.
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