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Lace   /leɪs/   Listen
Lace

noun
1.
A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).  Synonym: lacing.
2.
A delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns.
verb
(past & past part. laced; pres. part. lacing)
1.
Spin,wind, or twist together.  Synonyms: enlace, entwine, interlace, intertwine, twine.  "Twine the threads into a rope" , "Intertwined hearts"  Antonym: untwine.
2.
Make by braiding or interlacing.  Synonyms: braid, plait.
3.
Do lacework.
4.
Draw through eyes or holes.  Synonym: lace up.
5.
Add alcohol to (beverages).  Synonyms: fortify, spike.



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"Lace" Quotes from Famous Books



... The great subject in his mind at the moment was starch. Somebody—Father Dan regretted that he was not able to name him—had discovered the means of manufacturing a precious liquid, which would impart various colours, and indescribable powers of standing alone, to any texture of linen, lawn, or lace. ...
— For the Master's Sake - A Story of the Days of Queen Mary • Emily Sarah Holt
... the character of the occupants of a house. The day has passed when soiled or ragged lace curtains are tolerated. The cheaper simpler scrims and cheese cloths which are easily laundered are now ...
— The Colored Girl Beautiful • E. Azalia Hackley
... vestments combining an ecclessiastical character with Royal magnificence. The dalmatic was a robe of cloth of gold, the stole was lined with crimson cloth and richly embroidered, the alb, or sleeveless tunic of fine cambric, was trimmed with beautiful lace. The whole effect was one of harmonized ...
— The Life of King Edward VII - with a sketch of the career of King George V • J. Castell Hopkins
... replied by telling the tale of the night again. Mrs. Chump was ostentatiously caressed into a more comfortable opinion of the world's morality, for the nonce. Invited by them to breakfast at the hotel, she hurried back to her villa for a flounced dress and a lace cap of some pretensions, while ...
— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith
... richly dressed for the event, the father in black with a fur mantle, and the boy in white satin embroidered with gold. The man wears the stiff quilled ruff of the period, the boy a round collar of soft lace. It is not every day in the year that a little boy is allowed to wear his best satin doublet, and the child feels the gravity of the occasion. We may suppose that these are people of distinction, and that on certain great occasions the boy accompanies his father ...
— Van Dyck - A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The - Painter With Introduction And Interpretation • Estelle M. Hurll


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