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noun
Lacing  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.
(Naut.) 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.
5.
A quantity of a substance, such as an alcoholic liquor, added to a food or a drink; as, punch with a lacing of rum.
6.
A beating, especially with a lash.


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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"Lacing" Quotes from Famous Books



... As their only preparation for bed had been to lay aside their coats and boots or moccasins, the morning toilet did not consume much time. A dash of cold water as an eye-opener, a tugging on of boots or lacing up of moccasins, a scrambling into coats, and that was the sum of it. The only brush and comb in the camp belonged to Frank, and he felt half ashamed to use them, because no one else thought such ...
— The Young Woodsman - Life in the Forests of Canada • J. McDonald Oxley
... deftly set, the crude buckles of the old days, long since replaced by cincha loop, snapped into place; lariats coiled and swung from the cantle-rings; dusty old bits and bridles adjusted; then came the slipping into carbine-slings and thimble-belts, the quick lacing of Indian moccasin or canvas legging, the filling of canteens in the tepid tanks below, while all the time the cooks and packers were flying about gathering up the pots and pans and storing rations, bags, and blankets on the roomy apparejos. Drummond ...
— Foes in Ambush • Charles King
... boots, and finding them to be dry, insisted upon putting them on and lacing them, and by the time that she had finished the task the sleigh stood at ...
— Randy and Her Friends • Amy Brooks
... strangers, some nodding and voicing a friendly, "Boa dia." Women, too, watched them from windows and doors, and children slyly peeped around corners until something more important—such as a cat, a goat, or a gorgeous butterfly—came their way. Tim went inside and slicked up a bit by buttoning and lacing his clothes and combing his rebellious hair. At length a long boat put out from the farther shore and came surging across ...
— The Pathless Trail • Arthur O. (Arthur Olney) Friel
... Jake had been lacing up a pair of high field boots; they were massive things with heavy, clumped soles, iron tips and heels. Now he ...
— The Night Riders - A Romance of Early Montana • Ridgwell Cullum


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