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lace

  [leys] noun, verb, laced, lac⋅ing.
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–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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lace   (lās)   


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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.
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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.

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]

Lace

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

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.
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Language Translation for : lace
Spanish: cordón,
German: der Schnürsenkel,
Japanese: ひも
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lace 
c.1230, from O.Fr. las "a net, noose, string" (Fr. lacs), from V.L. *lacium, from L. laqueum (nom. laqueus) "noose, snare" (It. laccio, Sp. lazo), a trapping and hunting term, probably from Italic base *laq- "to ensnare" (cf. L. lacere "to entice"). The "ornamental net pattern" meaning is first recorded 1555. Sense of "cord for tying" remains in shoelace. To lace coffee, etc., with a dash of liquor (1677) was originally used of sugar, and comes via the notion of "to ornament or trim." Laced mutton was "an old word for a whore" [Johnson]. Lace-curtain "middle class" (or lower-class with middle-class pretensions) usually is used in ref. to Irish-Americans.
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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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