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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.

adjective

Laced adj.

1.

Fastened with a lace or laces; decorated with narrow strips or braid. See Lace, v. t.

2.

Decorated with the fabric lace. "A shirt with laced ruffles."

Laced mutton, a prostitute. (Old slang)

Laced stocking, a strong stocking which can be tightly laced; used in cases of weak legs, varicose veins, etc.

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Etymology of 'Laced'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Laced" Quotes from Famous Books

... the situation was unchanged. Other British ships had crawled or drifted nearer, but the Constitution was always just beyond range of their heavy guns. We may imagine Isaac Hull striding across the poop and back again, ruddy, solid, composed, wearing a cocked hat and a gold-laced coat, lifting an eye aloft, or squinting through his brass telescope, while he damned the enemy in the hearty language of the sea. He was a nephew of General William Hull, but it would have been unfair to remind ...

— The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 - The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17 • Ralph D. Paine

... himself smart. Hooking one of his antennae towards him with one of his free claws, he takes it between his mandibles in order to curl it and moisten it with saliva. With his long hind legs, spurred and laced with red, he stamps with impatience and kicks out at nothing. Emotion renders him silent. His wing-covers are nevertheless in rapid motion, but are no longer sounding, or at most emit but ...

— Social Life in the Insect World • J. H. Fabre

... physical habits of the grandmothers were better: but an examination of their portraits will satisfy any one that they laced more tightly than their descendants, and wore their dresses lower in the neck; and as for their diet, we have the testimony of another French traveller, Volney, who was in America from 1795 to 1798, that "if a premium were offered for a regimen most destructive to the teeth, the stomach, and ...

— Women and the Alphabet • Thomas Wentworth Higginson

... swooped upon the gridiron. Benz, pulling his shoulder pads in place, strode about the room, nervous and anxious for the fray to begin. Other players showed signs of uneasiness. Judd was the only one on the team who seemed perfectly calm. As the din was at its height he turned to Pole, who had laced and unlaced his shoe three times for no reason whatever, and remarked quietly: "A noisy ...

— Over the Line • Harold M. Sherman

... a riding suit of khaki—the skirt sensibly divided—and the morning slippers for stout, tan, laced boots, she stepped into the front room. Ophelia was in her own room dressing to go to town. Carolyn June heard voices in the kitchen. Sing Pete's shrill chatter mingled with an occasional slow word from the Ramblin' Kid. ...

— The Ramblin' Kid • Earl Wayland Bowman

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