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单词 lace
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lacen.adj.

Brit. /leɪs/, U.S. /leɪs/
Forms: Middle English laace, Middle English laas, Middle English lause (probably transmission error), Middle English laz, Middle English lessys (plural), Middle English–1500s las, Middle English–1500s lasse, Middle English–1600s lase, Middle English– lace, late Middle English lose (transmission error), 1500s laase, 1500s laesse, 1500s laice, 1500s lass, 1500s layss, 1500s laysse, 1500s laze, 1600s leace; Scottish pre-1700 laice, pre-1700 lais, pre-1700 laise, pre-1700 laissis (plural), pre-1700 las, pre-1700 lase, pre-1700 lasse, pre-1700 layce, pre-1700 lays, pre-1700 leace, pre-1700 leas, pre-1700 lease, pre-1700 leessis (plural), pre-1700 leis, pre-1700 les, pre-1700 lese, pre-1700 llesis (plural), pre-1700 1700s– lace.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French lace.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman lac, lase, lasse, lece, Anglo-Norman and Old French laz, Anglo-Norman and Middle French lace, las, Middle French lais (French lacs , with remodelling after lacer lace v. and lacet lacet n.1) cord, rope, string (c1100, originally and frequently with reference to a cord used to fasten a garment or piece of footwear; 14th cent. or earlier with reference to a cord used to support a hanging object), snare, trap (first half of the 12th cent.), ribbon (late 14th cent.), in Anglo-Norman also cross-beam used to tie rafters together (13th cent.; after classical Latin laquear : see laquear n.) < classical Latin laqueus noose, snare, trap, bond, tie, in post-classical Latin also strap, band, cord (for tying or adorning garment or shoe) (frequently from 12th cent. in British sources; also in continental sources), cross-beam used to tie rafters together (frequently from 13th cent. in British sources), openwork fabric (1562, 1580 in British sources); of unknown origin, probably a loanword from a non-Indo-European language.Compare Old Occitan latz (12th cent.), Catalan llaç (second half of the 13th cent.), Spanish lazo (mid 13th cent.: see lasso n.), Portuguese laço (13th cent.), Italian laccio (13th cent.), all earliest in sense ‘noose’ or ‘snare’. Specific senses. With sense A. 3 compare classical Latin laquear (see laquear n.). In sense A. 4 translating classical Latin fibula fibula n. In sense A. 5a, which is not paralleled in French (which uses dentelle dentelle n. in this sense) probably after lace v. 5a; compare also slightly later lace v. 6. In sense A. 7 after lace v. 10a(a); compare slightly later lacing n. 4. Early attestation in surnames. Also attested early in surnames, e.g. Willelmo le Lacebreydere (1299–1300), Robert Lacebonde (1310).
A. n.
1.
a. A cord, a string; a band, a tie; (in Middle English) spec. a braided cord of silk strands, gold thread, etc. Somewhat rare after early 18th cent., except as in sense A. 1c.See also hair-lace n., necklace n. 1, tawdry lace n., etc.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > types of tools generally > [noun] > rope, string, cord, etc.
stringa900
linea1000
lacec1230
cordc1305
whipcord?a1500
thumb-rope1601
thumb-band1639
chord1645
spun-yarn1685
hairline1731
tie-tie1774
rope1841
wire rope2001
c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 215 (MED) Ne makie ȝe nane purses..ne huue, ne blodbinde of seolc, ne laz, buten leaue.
c1330 Lai le Freine in Smith Coll. Stud. Mod. Langs. (1929) 10 iii. 5 (MED) Þe leuedi..toke a ring of gold fin, & on hir riȝt arm it knitt, wiþ a lace of silke þerin pilt [read plit].
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 4332 Thei tawhten him a Las to breide.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 15880 Þar he [sc. Iudas] liuerd his maistir up, þai bunden had wid las [Vesp. laȝas].
1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope (1967) i. xviii. 86 The ratte beganne..to byte the lace or cord.
a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) iv. l. 1233 Off golde thrawyn lik a lasse.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Eccles. xii. B Or euer the syluer lace be taken awaye.
1576 Digest Decisions Justiciary Court I. 25 in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Thome..layit doune to hir ane grene silkin laise..and bad hir..knit it about the left arme.
1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iii. viii. 123 Pitie it was that Rahabs red lace was not tied at his window.
1696 W. Hope tr. J. de Solleysel Parfait Mareschal i. lxxv.105 Tye 'em on with a Lace or Ribbon a large Fingers breadth broad, and about three Ells long.
1704 Dict. Rusticum at Barnacles Bound to his [sc. a horse's] Nose with a Lace or Cord.
1742 tr. L. C. Fougeret de Monbron Settee 17 A lace tied round, to support her tripe, let down two enormous prominences quite below her waist.
1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well in Waverley Novels (1832) XXXIV. iv. 78 Unbinding a lace of Indian gold which retained her locks, [she] shook them in dark and glossy profusion over her very handsome form.
1829 J. Conder tr. S. M. X. Golberry in Mod. Traveller: Afr. 143 They bind the upper part of the arms and the part near the wrist..with laces of leather.
1953 P. Provancher I live in Woods v. 45 The dogs are hitched fanways, each lace being of a different length.
2015 G. Terruso Lost Touch iv A scapular is a Catholic ornament, two rectangles of wool cloth connected by a lace or a string.
b. A cord used to support a hanging object, esp. something hanging from the waist, neck, shoulders, etc.; spec. a sword belt, a baldric. Chiefly historical after 18th cent.Earliest in †thieves' lace: the rope of the gallows (obsolete).
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the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [noun] > that by which something is suspended > cord or rope
lacec1330
perk1620
sika1974
c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) l. 9078 Rion nevou Solinas (Þat honged worþ bi þeues las!), Bihinde Adrageins com wiþ a spere.
c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 394 A daggere hangynge on a laas hadde he Aboute his nekke vnder his arm adown.
c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Tale (Ellesmere) (1875) l. 574 His hat heeng at his bak doun by a laas.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Boke yf Eneydos xvi. sig. Eiiij Eneas..had a bystorye..hangynge at a silken lase by his side.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xxii. 66 He hade about hys necke a ryche horne hangyng by two lases of golde.
1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 115 His quauer be his naikit thies hang in ane siluer lace.
1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica sig. E6v Their pointed Iauelins in their hands they latchtAbout theyr necks, in many a silken lace.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. v. 240 At her shoulders a quiver of Arrows, hung by a Lace or Belt.
1708 tr. D. Hurtado de Mendoza Life & Adventures Lazarillo de Tormes i. vi. 31 He had a great Antique Chest, of which the Key hung upon a Lace that was made fast to his Jacket.
1793 Minstrel I. 91 Beside it [sc. a harp], suspended by a green lace, he hung the wrest, or key, by which it is tuned.
1858 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 562 The dagger is usually attached to the knightly belt by a lace or chain.
1960 R. E. Oakeshott Archaeol. Weapons iv. xvi. 289 The dagger was suspended by a lace looped over the belt.
2012 I. Hope-Hedrick 'Twill be All Right come Mornin', Luv xiv. 93 He noticed the Life Alert button hanging from a lace around my neck.
c.
(a) A cord or leather strip used to draw together opposite edges (chiefly of a garment or item of footwear) by being passed in and out of eyelets, or around hooks, studs, etc., and then pulled tight and fastened. Frequently in plural.See also bootlace n., shoe-lace n. at shoe n. Compounds 3, staylace n., etc.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > fastenings > lace, cord, or string
lacea1382
pointc1390
sinka1425
lacingc1440
pointing ribbon1543
pointing silk1571
string1674
lacer1813
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Lev. viii. 8 He cloþede þe bischoop wiþ alynnen sherte..& putte aboue þe cope, þe which streynynge wiþ alaas [L. cingulo] Ioynede hit to þe brest broch.
c1480 (a1400) St. John Baptist 1208 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 258 To quham I ame nocht worthi loute, na of his schone þe laise tak oute.
a1500 (?a1425) Ipomedon (Harl.) (1889) l. 326 (MED) He..drew a lace of sylke full clere; Adowne than felle hys mantylle by.
?1510 T. More in tr. G. F. Pico della Mirandola Lyfe I. Picus sig. g.iv Ne none so small a trifle or conceyte Lase, girdell, point, or propre gloue straite.
1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 iv. ii. 47 She was a Pedlers daughter indeed, and sold many lases.
1611 Bible (King James) Exod. xxviii. 28 They shall bind the brestplate..vnto the rings of the Ephod with a lace of blewe.
1682 N. Grew Anat. Plants iv. ii. i. 164 As Teeming Women, gradually slaken their Laces.
1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 193 The Flowers bear a resemblance to tags at the End of long Laces.
1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xvi. 96 When I recover'd, [I] found..my laces cut, my linen scented with harts-horn.
1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. vi. 94 Assistance in tying the endless number of points, as the laces which attached the hose to the doublet were then termed.
1885 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 15 360 The two ends [of the drive belt] were rivetted or laced together with metal rivets or leathern laces.
1929 Boys' Life Oct. 38/1 (advt.) Here's a cracker jack football. Made of genuine very heavy cowhide... Raw Hide lace and lacing needle.
1969 Industr. Fibres (Commonw. Secretariat) 122 Shoe laces and corset laces are now well established in polypropylene.
2012 K. Smith Jammy Dodger 23 He was..struggling to unknot the laces of a pair of caramel brogues.
†(b) under (also in) lace: wearing laced garments; in one's clothes (in quots. perhaps used primarily for the sake of metre and rhyme rather than meaning). Obsolete. rare.Quot. a1500 has sometimes been interpreted as showing the contextually appropriate sense ‘ensnared’ (cf. sense A. 2), but it seems more likely to belong here; cf. under line at line n.1 2b, under gore at gore n.2 2a.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing underwear > wearing corset
under lacea1450
strait-laceda1630
corseted1871
a1450 Castle Perseverance (1969) l. 2548 A, ladyse, I prey ȝou of grace... Helpe, ladys, louely in lace.
a1500 (?c1450) Bone Florence (1976) l. 1815 Sche..prayed..or sche dyed Emere to see..In Rome that ryall place. To þe schypp þey went in fere, And betoke hur to þe marynere, That louely vndur lace.
d. figurative and in extended use; spec. (a) a thin strand or cord of something; (b) a binding, a constraint.With quot. 1884 cf. quot. 1611 at sense A. 1c(a).
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the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > [noun] > object resembling rope or string
rope1393
lacec1450
roping1658
c1450 C. d'Orleans Poems (1941) 32 (MED) Or Antropos thou brest my lyvis lase Only to spel me this in heuynes.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 200 Abowte whose leaues there growe and creepe certeyne cordes or laces.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xx. 30 The roote hath many smal strings or threddy laces hanging thereby.
1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper ii. 143 The red scarlet lace of Christs blood, must be entortled and interwoven into a bracelet, with a white silken thred of holinesse and regeneration.
1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. iv. 103 Some fancy a small Lace of land (or rather a thread for the narrowness thereof) whereby..Naphtali is tyed unto Judah.
1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XV lxxxv. 47 But Virtue's self, with all her tightest laces, Has not the natural stays of strict old age.
1884 C. Stanley Riband of Blue & Lace of Blue 20 Rest assured you are bound on His heart with the lace of blue.
2014 Epicure (Singapore) Feb. 116/2 The lace that binds her and her customers together is her commitment in delivering a consistent cup of coffee regardless of the time of day.
e. A long string of confectionery resembling a lace, esp. a bootlace (cf. bootlace n. c). Often with modifying word designating the flavour, as liquorice, strawberry, etc. Usually in plural.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > other sweets
scrochat1448
gobbet riala1500
Portugal1560
sugar-pellet1591
muscadine1599
moscardino1616
rock candy1653
covering-seeds1687
lollipop1784
turn-over1798
lavender-sugar1810
humbug1825
kiss1825
elecampane1826
Gibraltar1831
yellow man1831
rose cake1834
cockle1835
maple candy1840
butterscotch1847
sponge candy1850
squib1851
honeycomb1857
marshmallow1857
motto kiss1858
fondant1861
coffee cream1868
candy-braid1870
candy bar1885
suckabob1888
nut bar1896
crackerjack1902
teiglach1903
red-hot1910
violet cream1912
mouldy1916
patty1916
lace1919
Tootsie Roll1925
sugar mouse1931
Parma1971
cinder toffee1979
1919 J. Joyce Ulysses ix. [Scylla & Charydbis] in Little Rev. June 40 Two barefoot urchins, sucking long liquorice laces.
1966 Ebony Dec. 174/3 (caption) [On a cake] Santa's face, eyebrows, mouth are candy laces.
1999 Western Daily Press (Nexis) 23 Jan. 44 You hand over your hard-won pocket money for a crumpled bag of chocolate mice, strawberry laces or fizzy cola bottles.
2012 N. D. Frame Technol. Extrusion Cooking 14 The extrusion of fruit laces, liquorices and other formed confectionery items.
†2. A net, a snare; a rope with a noose used for capturing people or animals. Chiefly figurative. Cf. latch n.1 1. Obsolete.Recorded earliest in love-lace n.1 1.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > [noun]
neteOE
angleOE
grinc1000
trapc1175
caltropa1300
lacec1330
girnc1375
espyc1380
webc1400
hook1430
settingc1430
lure1463
stall?a1500
stalea1529
toil1548
intrap1550
hose-net1554
gudgeon1577
mousetrap1577
trapfall1596
ensnarementa1617
decoy1655
cobweba1657
trepan1665
snap1844
deadfall1860
Judas1907
tanglefoot1908
catch-221963
trip-wire1971
c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 2251 He was nomen wiþ loue las.
c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 91 (MED) So heþ þys wordle bounde þe Wyþ here lykynges lause [read lace].
c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 7692 A womman þee haþ ycauȝth. A womman þee haþ in her laas!
a1450 (?c1430) J. Lydgate Daunce Machabree (Huntington) (1931) l. 225 Sitthen that dethe me holdeth in his lace.
1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope iii. xix. f. lxvv Therfore it happeth oftyme, that he whiche supposeth to flee is taken and hold within the lace or nette.
a1500 in R. H. Robbins Secular Lyrics 14th & 15th Cent. (1952) 143 (MED) I am so bounde vndir ȝour lace I may nor wil..ffrom ȝour seruyse myn herte reveye [read reneye].
1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late ii. sig. H4 Thus foulded in a hard and mournfull laze Distrest sate hee.
1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne ii. xx. 23 The king had snared been in loues strong lace.
†3. Building. A cross-beam or brace fixed between two rafters on opposite sides of a roof, either to tie or bind them together to provide structural support, or as an ornamental feature. Cf. tie n. 7a, laquear n. a. Obsolete. N.E.D. (1902) also suggests the sense ‘a panelled ceiling’, in reference to the use of Latin laquear in quot. 1440, but it seems more likely that this also refers to a cross-beam.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > framework of building > [noun] > members of
pan1284
balka1300
lacec1330
pautre1360
dorman1374
rib1378
montant1438
dormant?1454
transom1487
ground-pillar?a1500
barge-couple1562
spar foot1579
frankpost1587
tracing1601
sleeper1607
bressumer1611
master-beam1611
muntin1611
discharge1620
dormer1623
mounting post1629
tassel1632
baufrey1640
pier1663
storey post1663
breastplate?1667
mudsill1685
template1700
brow-post1706
brow-stone1761
runner1772
stretching beam1776
pole plate1787
sabliere1800
frame stud1803
bent1815
mounting1819
bond-timber1823
storey rod1823
wall-hold1833
wall-strap1833
truss-block1883
sleeper-beam1937
shell1952
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > ceiling > [noun] > types of
lacec1330
plancher1561
concameration1644
fasciaa1652
laqueary1656
cant-ceiling1688
laquear1706
string-piece1789
coved ceiling1796
concha1832
false ceiling1870
wagon-ceiling1875
suspended ceiling1933
c1330 (?c1300) Reinbrun (Auch.) in J. Zupitza Guy of Warwick (1891) 657 (MED) On þat place was a paleis..Postes and laces þat þer were Of iaspe gentil.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. clxvii. 1059 The rafteres beþ stronge and square..and ben y-hight wiþinne with fayre laces and bordes, and ben faste ylaced þer Inne, and ben y-cleped laquearia..bordes y-ioyned to þe rafteres to highte houses and chambres wiþinne.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1728 Noe..self festnid bath band and lace.
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 283 Lace of an howserofe, laquearea.
1592 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 235 Settinge in a lace to Posterne Bridge rayle.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 581 A man may..bestow them [sc. beams] againe fast enough without laces to bind them.
†4. A brooch. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > brooch or pin > [noun]
preenOE
brooch?c1225
pina1275
lacec1384
ouchec1384
troche1434
fermilletc1475
bague1477
fermail1480
fibula1673
stickpin1890
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Macc. x. 89 He sente to hym a golden lase [L. fibulam].
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 283 Lace, fibula, laqueum.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum (at cited word) Lace, fibula.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Aiiv/2 A Lace, fibula.
5.
a. A delicate ornamental open fabric, typically of cotton or silk, made by twisting, looping, or knotting thread in patterns, or by embroidering similar designs onto net (cf. lacis n. 1). Also: a piece or type of this.Bobbin lace, Brussels lace, Honiton lace, machine lace, needle lace, Nottingham lace, etc.: see the first element. See also bone lace n. and adj., bridelace n., piece lace n., point lace n., etc.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > lace
lace1530
peak1591
tevell1632
lacework1677
dentelle1847
machine lace1851
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 471/1 I broyde heare, or a lace, or suche like, je tortille.
1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions i. v. 50 The men satte at home spinnyng, and woorkyng of Lace [L. viri intra murorum parietes texere].
1613 (title) The King's edict prohibiting all his subjects from using any gold or silver, either fine or counterfeit; all embroiderie, and all lace of Millan, or of Millan fashion.
1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura iv. 56 Isabella, who was his wife, publish'd a book of all the sorts of Points, Laces, and Embroderies.
1715 J. Gay Epist. Earl Burlington 118 The busy town..Where finest lace industrious lasses weave.
1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality I. iv. 91 There is not a bit, of all this lace and ruffling, that is not full of rank poisons.
1837 C. R. Goring & A. Pritchard Micrographia 208 Manufactured fabrics, such as lace, blond, muslin, [etc.].
1881 C. E. L. Riddell Myst. Palace Gardens xxvii. 265 A pretty delicate cobwebby piece of lace.
1912 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Jrnl.-Gaz. 5 May Intricate bandings, motifs and honeycombings of lace and embroidery.
1959 O. Sitwell Place of one's Own 73 Looked at the silks and laces still here extant, and the hats.
2014 Daily Tel. 1 Oct. 3/1 The ivory tulle [wedding] gown featured 14 yards of Chantilly lace.
b. A pattern of shapes or markings resembling lace fabric. Cf. earlier lacy adj. 1.
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1829 N. Arnott Elements Physics II. 298 He may compare the lace of a fly's wing with the most perfect which human art can weave.
1866 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighb. (1878) xi. 211 In the shadows lay fine webs and laces of ice.
1927 E. Sitwell Rustic Elegies 78 Beside the blond lace of a deep-falling rill.
1978 J. Carroll Mortal Friends iii. v. 320 Brady was conscious of their two shadows in the lace of sunlight on the pebbles.
2000 C. Schwartz Drowning Ruth (2008) i. 10 A crescent crowned with the lace of leafless branches in the northeast corner of Taylor's Bay.
6.
a. Ornamental braid used for trimming, esp. on military dress uniforms. Formerly also: †a piece or trimming of this (obsolete). Frequently in gold lace, silver lace: braid of this type formerly made of gold or silver wire, now made of silk or thread with a thin wrapping of gold or silver.In quot. 1633 in figurative context.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > trimmings or ornamentation > ribbon or braid
lace1548
cordon1578
lacing1593
galloon1604
galloon-lace1611
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun] > braid > specific
parchment lace1542
lace1548
lacing1593
Naples lace1612
mignonette1721
struntain1793
French braid1809
lacet1822
Russia braid1825
Russian braid1839
soutache1856
mignardise1868
galloon1877
rickrack1880
Greek braid1894
vermicelli braid1904
tracing-braid1906
Paris binding1918
oak-leaf braid1934
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ccxxxix Flatte golde of Dammaske with small lace myxed betwene of the same golde, and other laces of the same so goyng trauerse wyse, that the grounde lytle appered.
1592 R. Greene Thirde Pt. Conny-catching sig. F The Tayler had..so much gold lace, beside spangles, as valued thirteene pound.
1633 G. Herbert Peace in Temple ii Surely, thought I, This [sc. a rainbow] is the lace of Peaces coat.
1684 J. Dryden Prol. Univ. Oxf. in Misc. Poems 272 Tack but a Copper-lace to Drugget sute.
1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub ii. 68 So without more ado they got the largest Gold Lace in the Parish, and walkt about as fine as Lords.
1787 J. O'Keeffe Farmer ii. iii But now a saucy Footman, I strut in worsted Lace.
1833 London Gaz. 28 June 1249/1 Admiral of the Fleet... Dress uniform... Scarlet cuffs, with two-inch lace round the top, and blue slash pointed flaps in the sleeve.
1867 H. W. Woolrych Lives Eminent Serjeants-at-Law of Eng. Bar I. 344 A curious rich cabinet of green velvet with silver lace.
1907 Westm. Gaz. 1 Jan. 7/2 The ‘worm’ of the Somerset Light Infantry..is a black thread woven into the gold lace on the officers' sleeves.
2015 Reading (Pa.) Eagle (Nexis) 4 July The mill..also makes gold braided cap bands, trouser stripes and sleeve lace for military dress uniforms.
†b. A streak or band of colour. Cf. lace v. 5. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > stripiness > [noun] > streakiness > streak
rewc1300
strind?1523
streak1577
lace1613
bandeleta1645
stria1673
garle1677
interstriation1849
striation1849
roe1850
swipe1869
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage vi. i. 466 The Zebra..resembling a horse..all ouer-laide with partie coloured Laces, and guards, from head to Taile.
1786 G. Culley Observ. Live Stock 56 Whatever the colour is, they [sc. cows] have in general a white streak or lace along their back.
†7. A (small) quantity of an alcoholic spirit mixed with another drink, esp. coffee. Cf. lace v. 10, lacing n. 4. Obsolete (rare in later use).Quot. c1704 was interpreted by Johnson (1755) as showing the meaning ‘sugar’, but in Todd's edition of Johnson's Dictionary (1818) the comment ‘Dr. Johnson.—Rather the addition of spirits’ is added to the definition. Cf. however quots. 1687 at lace v. 10a(a), 1699 at laced adj.1 5a.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > [noun] > spirit added to drink
lace1689
lacing1789
the world > food and drink > food > additive > sweetener > [noun] > sugar > quantity added to tea or coffee
lace1689
spoon1922
sugar1962
1689 S. Jay Τὰ Καννάκου To Rdr. sig. A4v The very Waters of Life to these squeamish Stomachs are grown brackish and disgustful, as those of Marah, they cannot sip them (as some not their Coffee) without Lace.
c1704 M. Prior Chameleon 26 He drinks his coffee without lace.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 488. ¶1 He is forced every Morning to drink his Dish of Coffee by it self, without the Addition of the Spectator, that used to be better than Lace to it.
1915 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 10 Apr. 641/1 The usual plan would appear to be to use it [sc. rum] as a lace for the early morning coffee.
B. adj.
Made of lace (sense A. 5a).
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [adjective] > lace
lace1532
lace-like1765
lacy1853
1532 Inventories in Jrnl. Prior William More (1914) ii. App. ii. 418 In the lords chamber..a lasse pillowe.
1669 W. Penn No Cross, No Crown iii. 44 How many pieces of Ribbond, Feathers, Lace-Bands, and the like, had Adam in Paradise?
1734 E. S. Rowe Friendship in Death (ed. 2) 48 My mother..had kept me in fine Lace Caps, and clean Silk Nightgowns.
1835 N. Hawthorne in New-Eng. Mag. Mar. 177 Look at the elaborate lace-ruffles.
1895 T. Hardy Jude iii. i. 157 She wore a murrey-coloured gown with a little lace collar.
1940 C. McCullers Heart is Lonely Hunter 330 Daisy was dressed in her bridal gown and wore a white lace veil.
1983 C. Voigt Callender Papers (1989) ix. 119 Lace doilies topped the tables.
2004 Drapers Rec. & Menswear 24 Apr. 24/1 Chunky knitted wrap tops with lace edging.

Compounds

C1.
a. General attributive.
(a) (In sense A. 1c.)
lace boot n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > boot > [noun] > fastened in specific way > boots
lace boot1804
1804 Morning Post 20 Sept. Buffallo soales for dancing; tennis, cricket, and shooting shoes, backstrap lace boots for sharp shooters.
1898 Boot & Shoe Recorder 1 June 107/2 Most lace boots, like those which you are wearing, open too widely.
1939 A. Keith Land below Wind xiii. 220 We had tried lace boots, gillies, short riding boots.
2004 E. V. Yunqué Lamentable Journey Omaha Bigelow iii. 13 She was dressed all in black, with big lace boots and net stockings.
lace hole n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > fastenings > lace, cord, or string > hole for
aglet hole1599
lace hole1759
1759 Gentleman's Diary 42 He says my new Stays are not yet finish'd, the Lace-holes are not made.
1809 Brit. Press 1 Dec. The Grecian sandal, in the form of a half boot, cut out on each side the lace holes, displaying the stocking.
1871 Figure Training 34 At the age of fourteen or thereabouts, the front rows of lace-holes may be omitted.
1946 Boys' Life Sept. 27/2 (advt.) Soles already stitched on, lace-holes punched.
2010 J. Stanton Running iii. 76 Many of today's shoes have an optional lace hole at the top which gives you an option of even tighter lacing.
(b) (In sense A. 5a.)
lace merchant n.
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1687 R. Wolley tr. N. Besongne Present State France (new ed.) i. xxxiii. 300 There are..one Embroiderer..one Lace-Merchant..and one Printer in Ordinary to the King.
1755 London Evening Post 20 May 4/1 We are informed by several eminent Lace-Merchants of this City, that..for encouraging that Manufacture, the same has been carried to a very great Excellence.
1819 F. MacDonogh Hermit in London I. 107 Her dress-makers, her milliners, and her lace-merchants ruin me.
1986 N.Y. Times 16 Nov. xx. 36/3 This little-known Swiss citizen who had faithfully carried out an impossible assignment from that austere lace merchant's office in St. Gall.
2016 B. Wolov in J. Blanco Clothing & Fashion 158/1 It [sc. lace making] required pattern designers, thread makers, lace makers, and lace merchants.
lace tracery n.
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1859 Lady's Newspaper 7 May 296/1 Spend the hours of enjoyable leisure in some fairy fabric of lace-tracery.
1913 Canton (Ohio) Daily News 8 Oct. 7/4 The veils they catch of finest mesh with elaborate borders of lace tracery are indeed beauty enhancers.
1957 Times 14 Dec. 7/7 The topmost firs lining their upper contours showed as an exquisite lace tracery against the strangely pale lemon of the true sunset.
2015 Dayton (Ohio) Daily News (Nexis) 11 June sa2 Some of these pieces have fancy lace tracery inside the gold border.
lace trade n.
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1702 J. Northleigh Topogr. Descr. 143 They made Tapistry here formerly; now the Lace-Trade is most follow'd.
1819 A. Rees Cycl. XX. at Lace The lace trade of Nottingham has been carried to a very great extent, but is at present in a state of stagnation.
1933 Salt Lake Tribune 8 Oct. a9/3 The famous tulle and lace trade and every other industry using the port of Calais is being ruined by heavy tariff bans.
2015 C. L. Edwards Nottingham Great War ii. 43 The lace trade were taken to task over wages paid to lace finishers.
lace worker n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > lacemaking > one who
lacemaker1589
lace man1598
lace woman1616
lace weaver1617
lace worker1706
1706 State Controv. betwixt United & Separate Parl. 9 A Rivalship in Trade; such as..the Lace-workers in one [part], and the Clothiers in another.
1815 Brit. Critic Feb. 125 The flax-dresser, the spinner, the bleacher, and the lace-worker, will, by their united exertions, draw from the pocket of the consumer.
1907 E. Mincoff & M. S. Marriage Pillow Lace ii. 53 A lace-worker at Beer told him how they were designed.
2015 Leicester Mercury (Nexis) 20 Apr. 12 The organisation's founders fought for social reform in response to the appalling conditions suffered by the lace workers of Nottingham.
b. Objective. See also lacemaker n. at Compounds 2.
lace buyer n.
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1638 Bletchley Reg. 17 June in Rec. Bucks. (1903) VIII. 244 Tho: the son of Willm Stopp lacebuyer c of Kath. his wife of ffennystr. bapt:.
1679 London Gaz. No. 1391/4 Taken..from two Lace-buyers..two Geldings.
1731 Grub St. Jrnl. 11 Mar. 6 young women who make lace together.., having been visited pretty often by a fresh young Lace-buyer, all proved with child by him.
1884 Midland Garner 2 6/1 The ‘lace buyer’ makes his periodical visits.., and the women and children lace-makers, come trudging into the town to sell.
1919 Dry Goods & Apparel Nov. 33/1 A lace buyer..remarked that hats and some dresses seemed to be made of ribbon.
2012 T. Kearey Country Ways v. 59 Lace buyers would come round the villages every month to buy up and exchange lace for threads and pins.
lace designer n.
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1848 London Gaz. 11 Feb. 539/1 William Haynes..following the business of a Lace Designer.
1918 Good Furnit. Mag. Nov. 234/1 The interior decorator and the lace designer must..know historical design in laces and their application for present-day purposes.
2014 Times (Nexis) 15 Nov. 37 The exhibition, sponsored by the lace designer Sophie Hallette, who contributed to the Duchess of Cambridge's wedding gown.
lacemaking n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > lacemaking
lacemakinga1633
lacework?1740
a1633 G. Herbert Priest to Temple (1652) x. 40 Unbefitting the reverence of their Fathers calling, such as are tavernes for men, and lace-making for women.
1746 London Evening Post 19 Apr. He spent his Substance in..employing several poor People in the Art of Lace-making.
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 328/2 In Lace-making the word Loop is sometimes employed instead of Picot.
1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §371 Slip winder; winds silk threads, for use in lace making, from hanks or cops on to spools or bobbins.
1999 Needlecraft Mar. 37/2 Just a handful of people kept hand lacemaking alive, until the late Sixties and early Seventies when lacemaking experienced a revival.
lace manufacturer n.
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1757 Public Advertiser 27 June To be lett..a roomy house..late in the occupation of Mr. James Brown, Lace Manufacturer.
1824 C. Colton Lacon 223 I have heard a lace manufacturer..affirm..that one pound of raw cotton has been spun by machinery into yarn so fine that it would reach from London to Edinburgh.
1998 N.Y. Times 8 Feb. nj6/1 One of America's largest lace manufacturers..will merge with two rivals.
lace mender n.
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1669 E. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia 321 Lace Mender.
1756 Mem. Young Lady of Quality II. v. 7 I resolved to be as perfect as possible in my Business (being Apprentice at that Time to a Lace-mender).
1865 Arthur's Home Mag. Oct. 322/1 Holes..can only be repaired properly by a professional and experienced lace-mender.
1912 Harper's Bazar Nov. 639/2 The amateur who is unable to gauge the industry and patience of the lace-mender would be surprised if she could see pieces of ragged lace before they have been mended and after.
2012 T. Kearey Country Ways xv. 208 She worked as a lace mender, one of a group of women who checked the lace for breakages and snags and repaired holes by drawing threads together.
lace seller n.
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1608 H. Clapham Errour Right Hand 39 Tom Lace-seller and Abraham Pin-seller.
1702 London Gaz. No. 3793/4 Gold and Silver Laceseller.
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 388/1 The stationary lace sellers, for the most part, display their goods on stalls.
1900 E. Jackson Hist. Hand-made Lace iv. 42 The distress of lace sellers at this time, which should have been so prosperous for them, was very great, and constant bankruptcies of ‘lace men’ are recorded.
2013 R. Brenner Kalisz x. 70 ‘What do you trade in?’ he asked. ‘I have enough lace, you know—I don't want any more lace sellers’.
lace weaver n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > lacemaking > one who
lacemaker1589
lace man1598
lace woman1616
lace weaver1617
lace worker1706
1617 in F. G. Emmison Wills at Chelmsford (1958) I. 206 Hawkines, Richard lace weaver, Gt. Horkesley.
1715 London Gaz. No. 5327/2 The Company of Lace-Weavers at Augsburg.
1860 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 30 Oct. I am a lace weaver; the Gills were silk and tabinet weavers.
1916 J. H. Willits Steadying Employment v. 99 100 boys and young men..are now in line, hoping to enter the lace weavers' trade.
2015 D. Cressy Charles I & People Eng. vii. 223 Recusant tradesmen in London and its environs included lace-weavers and silk-weavers, pewterers and perfumers.
c. Instrumental and parasynthetic.
lace-covered adj.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [adjective] > lace > covered with
lace-covered1795
1795 W. Felton Treat. Carriages II. 76 Lace-covered glass frames.
1857 Graham's Illustr. Mag. July 28/1 A lace covered parasol, the handle of which was of one piece of massive pink coral.
1930 D. L. Sayers Strong Poison v. 59 She wore a quantity of little bangles on her spare, lace-covered wrists.
2002 G. Gordon in Writing Wrongs 58 Large steel platters of steaming curries are placed on a long lace-covered table.
lace-edged adj.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [adjective] > lace > edged with
pearled1575
lace-edged1773
lace-trimmed1819
1773 Reg. Folly iv. 47 A Lace-edg'd cravat, ty'd in..a huge bow.
1829 Mirror 17 Oct. 245/1 She wore a clear, and stiffly-starched muslin habit-shirt of purest white, a beautiful lace-edged ruff around her throat.
1904 Good Housek. July 116/1 The simple soft muslin and lace model has full skirt with three rows of tucks at the knees, from which falls a deep, straight, lace-edged flounce.
2000 Times 2 Aug. i. 1/6 In her lace-edged lilac suit and pink boots, Rosita was oblivious to her celebrity status.
lace-loaded adj.
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1836 T. Hook Gilbert Gurney iii. 86 The strapping, state-fed, lace-loaded lacqueys of the Mansion-House.
1900 Weekly Standard & Express (Blackburn) 22 Sept. 8/2 These perfectly plain vests..are even seen now made of white satin and silk in conjunction with the most lace-loaded and heavily-ornamented boleros.
2007 Women's Wear Daily (Nexis) 30 July 165 Art Deco-inspired and featuring jet Swarovski crystal embellishments, the striking metallic lace-loaded dresses, blouses and camisoles in silk.
lace-trimmed adj.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [adjective] > lace > edged with
pearled1575
lace-edged1773
lace-trimmed1819
1819 N. T. H. Bayly Dandies of Present 5 The ruffled wrists, the lace-trimmed lawn cravat.
1894 Daily News 5 June 8/4 Scarves of crêpon with lace-trimmed ends.
1955 B. Pym Less than Angels (1980) vii. 78 As it was a Festival the servers were in their lace-trimmed cottas and Father Tulliver was wearing a particularly splendid cope.
2005 Independent on Sunday 17 July (Review Suppl.) 32/1 A white lace-trimmed crinkle skirt on offer for just £35.
C2. Many of the formations listed here are compounds of the noun, but some (e.g. lace head, lace shade) could alternatively be interpreted as compounds of the adjective.
lace bark n. (more fully lace bark tree) any of various trees and shrubs having bast arranged in a reticulate pattern of strands, which can be used to make fabric or rope; spec. (a) the West Indian shrub Lagetta lagetto (family Thymelaeaceae) (see lagetta n.); (b) any of several small New Zealand trees of the family Malvaceae, including Plagianthus regius and several species of Hoheria (see houhere n.); also called ribbonwood.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [adjective]
lace bark1756
ohia1815
pohutukawa1832
the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > South American and West Indian trees or shrubs > [noun] > others
persea1601
mahoe1666
poison berry1672
white mangrove1683
maiden plum1696
angelin1704
garlic-pear1725
milkwood-tree1725
Jack-in-the-box1735
cherimoya1736
rattle bush1750
galapee1756
genip1756
lace bark1756
sunfruit1787
wild orange1802
hog-nut1814
mountain pride1814
savannah wattle1814
mora1825
rubber tree1826
mayflower1837
bastard manchineel1838
long john1838
seringa1847
sack tree1849
jumbie tree1860
jumbie bean1862
king-tree1863
gauze-tree1864
mountain green1864
snowdrop tree1864
strong bark1864
switch-sorrel1864
candle-tree1866
maypole1866
angelique1873
poisonwood1884
porkwood1884
the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > lace-bark
lacewood1803
ribbonwood1865
ribbon tree1866
houhere1879
thousand-jacket1888
lace bark1906
1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 371 The Lagetto, or Lace-Bark Tree. The bark is of a fine texture, very tough, and divides into a number of laminæ.
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 76 In Jamaica a species is found which is called the Lace Bark Tree.
1848 N.Z. Jrnl. 8 71 The whole of this is of a very rich soil, well timbered with Totara, Maihi..and a beautiful lace-bark tree, the bark of which is dressed and made into mats by the natives.
1906 T. F. Cheeseman Man. N.Z. Flora 79 The European settlers usually call all the forms [of Hoheria] ‘ribbon-wood’ or ‘lacebark’, names which are, unfortunately, also used for Plagianthus betulinus and Gaya Lyallii.
1958 S. Ashton-Warner Spinster 189 Flaring out above the long grass and from beneath the lace-bark tree.
2000 William & Mary Q. 57 39 If ‘bountiful Jamaican nature’ is particularized in the image of the lace bark, it is also generalized and classicized.
lace border n. any of three geometrid moths of the genus Scopula having pale wings with a broad lace-like margin: S. ornata and S. decorata (in full middle lace border) of Europe, and S. limboundata (in full large lace border) of North America.
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1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 140 The lace border (P[tychopoda] ornata, Stephens) appears in June and April.
1850 J. E. Gray List Specimens Brit. Animals Brit. Mus. V. 302 Ptychopoda decorata. The Middle Lace Border.
1908 R. South Moths Brit. Isles II. 123 The Lace Border (Acidalia (Craspedia) ornata). This conspicuously marked white moth is unlikely to escape the notice of the collector.
2012 K. Kaufman & K. Kaufman Field Guide to Nature New Eng. 324 Large lace-border... Scopula limboundata. A common visitor to lights in summer.
lace box n. a box in which lace is kept; spec. a type of flat rectangular box, typically made of inlaid wood, popular from the 17th to 19th centuries.
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1718 Post Boy 8 Apr. Robbed of a Pair of Saddle-Bags, in one of which was a Lace-Box with Bone Lace.
1742 Select Trials Old-Bailey (new ed.) IV. 90 Did not you order me to clear that open Drawer, and put the Buttons in the Lace-box to keep them from tarnishing.
1859 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 29 Oct. 280/2 The dress-boxes, cap-boxes, flower-boxes, pattern-boxes, lace-boxes, and all that legion of envelopes of every shape and size, devoted to feminine mysteries.
1969 E. H. Pinto Treen 370 Lace boxes, to stand on chests of drawers..enjoyed their greatest popularity during the second half of the 17th century and during Queen Anne's reign.
2009 Southland Times (N.Z.) (Nexis) 3 June 7 She was an expert at any craft she turned her hand to, from knitting to decorative lace boxes.
lace bug n. any of numerous small heteropteran plant bugs of the family Tingidae, which have a delicate lace-like network covering the upper surface and forewings, and include many plant pests.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Heteroptera > family Tingidae > member of
lace bug1900
1900 J. B. Smith Insects of New Jersey ii. 134 Family Tingitidæ. These are called ‘lace-bugs’, from the peculiar net or lace-like covering of the wings and often of the other body parts as well.
1932 C. L. Metcalf & W. P. Flint Fund. Insect Life viii. 225 Lace bugs look as though they were cut out of fine gauze.
2006 J. T. Costa Other Insect Societies xi. 317 The lace bugs are cosmopolitan, a group modest in species and physical size but often stunningly beautiful.
lacecap n. any of a group of hydrangeas having flattened corymbs with small fertile flowers in the centre and larger sterile ones around the edge; frequently attributive, designating such a hydrangea or an inflorescence of this type or appearance.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > inflorescence or collective flower > [adjective] > of or having flower-head
star-headed1640
flutter-headed1892
lacecap1950
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > hydrangeas
hydrangea1753
hortensia1799
orange blossom1882
lacecap1950
mophead1963
1950 W. E. Shewell-Cooper Compl. Gardener iv. 339 Besides the hortensia type there is another type of H[ydrangea] macrophylla, the Lacecaps, which have a flat head with small fertile flowers in the centre and a ring round the outside formed by the larger sterile flowers.
1967 Sunday Times 21 May 14/5 The lovely lacecap hydrangea ‘Blue Wave’.
2005 Prima Aug. 68/1 There are lots of hydrangeas to choose from, but I love H. macrophylla ‘Quadricolor’, a lacecap with unique yellow and cream-splashed foliage.
2014 P. Munts & S. Mulvihill Northwest Gardener's Handbk. 195/1 Doublefile viburnum (V. plicatum tomentosum)..has lacecap flowers, fall color, and black fruit.
lace coral n. (a) any of various bryozoans that form a lace-like mesh, esp. those of the fossil family Fenestellidae and the extant family Phidoloporidae; (b) any of various hydrozoans of the family Stylasteridae, forming lace-like branches; usually with distinguishing word.
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1779 Museum Humfredianum 11 A curious stellated coral, and a fine specimen of the netted or lace coral.
1877 H. A. Nicholson Anc. Life-hist. Earth (1878) ix. 108 The true Lace-corals (Retepora and Fenestella), with their netted fan-like or funnel-shaped fronds.
1917 W. Saville-Kent in C. J. Cornish et al. Birds of Other Lands vi. iv. 355 The Moss-animals, sometimes designated Corallines, or Lace-corals.
1990 Skin Diver Mar. 170/2 These shadowy areas provided a perfect haven for pink lace coral.
2008 L. Beckett Yachting Escapes: Caribbean 169/2 You'll find huge gorgonians, black coral trees, gigantic barrel sponges, purple vase sponges, black lace corals and no shortage of critters.
lace dresser n. now historical a person employed to give the required finish to lace fabric (cf. dress v. 15c).
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1818 Commerc. Directory 1818–20 (James Pigot) 367/2 (heading) Lace Dressers.
1867 Chambers's Jrnl. 26 Oct. 688/1 Lace-dressers..use carbonate of lead in powder.
1909 Times 8 Oct. 17/2 The demand for plain nets is quiet, and some of the lace-dressers are holding stocks of these goods for the manufacturers.
2007 A. D. D. Craik Mr. Hopkins' Men ii. viii. 165 Jane Smith worked as a lace dresser and, as the daughter of an employee, would have seemed an unworthy match.
lace fern n. any of various ferns having finely dissected or laciniate fronds; esp. Cheilanthes gracillima (family Pteridaceae) of Central and South America and Paesia scaberula (family Dennstaedtiaceae) of New Zealand.
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1869 Berrow's Worcester Jrnl. 17 July 7/1 The beautiful plant popularly known as the lace fern, Chiranthus [sic] elegans.
1874 Country 27 Aug. 185/3 Cheilanthes elegans, or the lace fern.
1885 A. Brassey In Trades 239 The lace- or fringe-fern..grew in wild profusion.
1924 Amer. Fern Jrnl. 14 55 The lace fern of the eastern States is not the same as the lace fern of the West.
1929 W. Martin N.Z. Nature Bk. (1930) II. iv. 44 Pig-fern and Lace-fern are local names given to a dwarf species (Paesia scaberula), with finely divided leaflets.
2014 D. Olson Pacific Northwest Garden Tour 110 The evergreen lace fern (Microlepia strigosa) from Hawaii.
lace frame n. now chiefly historical a loom on which lace is woven; cf. frame n. 7.
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1803 D. P. Coke & J. Birch Paper War 181 Though Lace frames may not be wanted, something else will, and honest industrious men will always find employment.
1914 G. H. Perris Industr. Hist. Mod. Eng. (2006) ii. v. 107 In the Midlands, there was a recrudescence of the Luddite riots, many lace-frames being destroyed.
2007 Evening Post (Nottingham) (Nexis) 22 Mar. 44 The first lace frames were powered by hand but the advent of steam-driven machines transformed the trade.
lace glass n. glass, esp. Venetian filigree glass, having a design resembling lace fabric.
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1852 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 15 20/1 Brunswick exhibited glass tiles, very good glass slates, and excellent lace glass.
1922 H. M. Lehmann & B. E. Kennard Glass & Glassware xii. 113 The supporting stem is gracefully drawn with a conical foot formed of lace glass.
2008 Advertiser (Austral.) (Nexis) 20 Sept. 14 This glass has thin white threads running through it, making stripes, grids, spirals or helixes. It is sometimes referred to as lace glass or filigree glass.
lace head n. now historical and rare an (elaborate) headdress made from or dressed with lace; cf. head n.1 5b.Quot. 1701 shows Mechlin lace n. at Mechlin n. 2a in attributive use modifying head, rather than this compound. Quot. 1966 may similarly show attributive use of Brussels lace n. at Brussels n. Compounds, although the hyphenation suggests this compound is intended.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > lace
point head1703
lace head1718
1701 Flying Post 20 May A Maclin-Lace Head with a black Knot.]
1718 G. Sewell Proclam. Cupid Pref. The Wimple and the Kerchief covered as much Dissimulation, as the Lace-Head and the Mask.
1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph II. 216 I was obliged, to-day, with an aching heart, to dispose of a fine lace head of my lady's.
1876 All Year Round 24 June 351/1 The cost of a lace head was high: a Brussels head is put down at forty pounds.
1912 S. Fisher Imprudence of Prue xxiv. 286 Those tall lace heads are certainly very becoming to her kind of figure—they make her look quite slender.
1966 ‘J. Plaidy’ Queen's Favourites 317 It is twenty years since I started washing your Brussels lace-heads.
lace-leaf n. and adj. (a) n. an aquatic plant having leaves which appear to consist of a network of veins, Aponogeton madagascariensis (family Aponogetonaceae), native to Madagascar but cultivated elsewhere, esp. as an aquarium plant (also more fully lace-leaf plant); = lace plant n.; (b) adj. designating plants having finely dissected or laciniate leaves.
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1856 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 82 Tab. 4894 (heading) Ouvirandra fenestralis. Water-Yam, or Lace-leaf.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 653/2 Lace-leaf plant, Ouvirandra.
1880 J. Sibree Great Afr. Island iv. 100 This is the Lace-leaf plant, or water-yam; in scientific phraseology, Ouvirandra fenestralis.
1911 J. Weathers Bulb Bk. 86/2 A[ponogeton] fenestrale.—This is the wonderful Lace-leaf or Lattice-leaf plant of Madagascar, for years well known as Ouvirandra.
1989 Taxon 38 331 Rev. William Ellis..collected and introduced into cultivation unusual Malagasy plants, including the lace-leaf (Aponogeton madagascariensis (Mirbel) H. Bruggen).
1995 New Yorker 19 June 44/2 I spent many hours choosing the plants I wanted to buy: flowering quince Cameo, a lace-leaf lilac (Syringa lacianata [sic]), [etc.].
2002 Horticulture Nov. 50/2 Davis's son-in-law..took her to see a huge gargoyle of a laceleaf maple (Acer palmatum var. dissectum Atropurpureum Group).
lace lizard n. = lace monitor n.
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1789 A. Phillip Voy. Botany Bay 279 Laced Lizard…This beautiful Lizard is not uncommon at Port Jackson.]
1799 Compan. Bullock's Mus. 32 The lace lizard is about nine inches long, it bears a strong resemblance to the Iguana.
1880 F. McCoy Prodromus Zool. Victoria (1885) I. v. Pl. 41 The present Lace Lizard is generally arboreal.
1950 Austral. Q. Sept. 125/1 Strutting marching dusky figures carrying the churinga or emblems of the lace lizard, cockatoo, honey ant, [etc.].
2012 C. Williams Medicinal Plants Austral. III. v. 193/1 (caption) The Australian Goanna (also known as the Monitor or Lace Lizard, Varanus varius was believed to eat Cunjevoi leaf as a cure [for snakebite].
lacemaker n. a maker of lace fabric.Attested earlier as a surname (Rog. le Lacemaker, 1305), although apparently in different sense ‘maker of cords’ (compare sense A. 1a).Quot. 1564 shows parchment lace n. modifying maker rather than this compound.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > lacemaking > one who
lacemaker1589
lace man1598
lace woman1616
lace weaver1617
lace worker1706
1564 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1725) IV. Suppl. 2 Two Parchment Lacemakers, and a Fringemaker.]
1589 J. Rider Bibliotheca Scholastica at Lace A Lace maker, fibularius.
?1672 Reasons suppressing Stage-coaches 5 The Silk-men sold more Lace and Imbroidery, which kept the Silver-Wyre-Drawers, Lace-makers and Imbroiderers.
1767 Gazetteer 18 June Our lace-makers do not make half enough for the consumption of this country.
1832 H. Martineau Life in Wilds iv. 51 The lace-makers and jewellers and glass-cutters, and even those who spin glass for the amusement of the wealthy.
1934 P. Lynch Turf-cutter's Donkey xvii. 171 ‘I don't know who made the frock,’ she replied. ‘But my mother makes lace just like it. And she's the best lacemaker in the whole of Ireland.’
2001 Press-Enterprise (Riverside, Calif.) (Nexis) 11 Aug. d1 Accomplished cross-stitchers, embroiderers and lacemakers.
lace man n. now historical a man who manufactures or deals in lace.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > lacemaking > one who
lacemaker1589
lace man1598
lace woman1616
lace weaver1617
lace worker1706
1598 P. Henslowe Diary 25 Aug. (1961) 97 Lent vnto Robart shaw the 25 of aguste 1598 to paye the lace manes byll ijli xvjs vjd.
1669 S. Pepys Diary 26 Apr. (1976) IX. 534 Calling at the laceman's for some lace for my new suit.
1733 H. Fielding Miser (London ed.) v. vii. 75 The Laceman will be here immediately.
1836 Mechanics' Mag. 19 Nov. 138/1 Any person working that pattern within a certain time should be fined; any lace-man who should give it out, should pay a heavier fine.
1917 Upholsterer 15 Oct. 42 (caption) ‘Jack’ Patton, one of the most popular lace men in the United States,..active in the lace curtain business.
2011 N. Korda Labors Lost i. 29 The lace men in question were thus most likely retailers as lace was commonly manufactured by women and children.
lace monitor n. a large goanna (monitor lizard) of eastern Australia, Varanus varius, which is dark in colour with pale spots and bands, and is capable of climbing trees.
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1882 Proc. Zool. Soc. 795 1 Lace Monitor (Varanus varius). Purchased.
1968 R. Hill Bush Quest 56 The lace monitor is the common goanna of our eastern States.
2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 5 Jan. c4/1 If you were trying to grab a venomous lace monitor, a type of lizard, wouldn't you put on gloves?
lace paper n. paper cut or stamped to resemble lace fabric.
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1839 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 20 Dec. (advt.) Drawing Pencils, Toy books, Ivory Leaves for Miniatures, Miniature Cases, Lace Paper and Envelopes.
1930 Pop. Sci. Monthly Sept. 97/1 Lace paper..is included in candy boxes or used as borders on paper napkins.
2012 E. Pellinkhof Stitch & Sew Home 29 Decorate the card with pieces of fabric and paper, and stick lace paper on top.
lace pigeon n. now rare a breed of fancy pigeon, typically white in colour, having the barbs of the feathers separate from one another (as in the silky fowl).
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1765 Treat. Domest. Pigeons 143 The Lace Pigeon... They are valued on account of..the peculiarity of their feathers; the fibres, or web of which, appear disunited from each other throughout their whole plumage.
1887 National Poultry Monitor Sept. 270/2 It [sc. the Lace Fantail] was probably produced from the Fantail and Lace pigeon.
2004 Florida Times-Union (Nexis) 17 Mar. s1 Lovely white lace pigeon eggs.
lace pillow n. a cushion or padded support on which lace fabric is made; cf. pillow n. 5b.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > lacemaking > pillow
cushion1574
pillow1726
lace pillow1786
bott1793
1786 Public Advertiser 20 Nov. General Mourning should be totally abolished,..the loom and the lace pillow would then have cause to rejoice.
1865 C. Knight Passages Working Life III. x. 205 The jingling rhymes sung by young girls while engaged at their lace-pillows.
1907 E. Mincoff & M. S. Marriage Pillow Lace v. 77 Horse-hair and human hair have been made to serve their turn on a lace pillow.
2012 K. G. Congdon & K. K. Hallmark Amer. Folk Art 682 Lace made by twisting threads that are wound on bobbins and placed on a lace pillow.
lace pin n. (a) (in bobbin lace making) any of a number of pins used to hold the work in place on a lace pillow, the placement of the pins typically being determined by a pattern pinned on the pillow; (b) a pin or brooch used to secure or fasten a lace collar, cuff, etc. (now historical).
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1794 E. Donovan Instr. collecting & preserving Subjects Nat. Hist. 63 The smallest sort of lace pins will do very well for most kinds [of minute Moth].
1802 Statist. Observ. Kilkenny 1800 & 1801 x. 555 Lace pins, for strong coarse lace, 4½d. per sheet; bobbins, about 3d. per dozen.
?1873 C. E. Treadwin Antique Point & Honiton Lace 50 The pin-holes exactly outline the pattern, and show where each lace pin is to be placed in working the patterns.
1877 Godey's Lady's Bk Aug. 100/2 (advt.) Articles in Jewelry... Ladies' fancy Lace Pins, Coral Goods, Venetian Goods, Ear-Rings.
1976 P. Nottingham Technique Bobbin Lace i. 12 Lace pins are made of brass so that they will not rust in the pillow.
1990 A. M. Miller Illustr. Guide Jewelry Appraising iii. 48/1 The collars, cuffs, ribbons, and so on, were detachable and many were held in place by ‘lace pins’, delicate open work or filigree small pins.
lace plant n. (more fully Madagascar lace plant) the aquatic plant Aponogeton madagascariensis (family Aponogetonaceae), the leaves of which appear to consist of a network of veins; = lace-leaf n. and adj. (a).
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1861 Ann. Rep. Govt. Botanist Victoria 5 The Madagascar Lace-plant, brought from the Botanic Garden of Mauritius.
1905 St. Nicholas June 749/1 One is the skeleton or lace plant, a rare plant (Ouvirandra fenestralis), from the island of Madagascar.
2001 Trop. Fish Hobbyist June 114 Soon you'll be growing robust Amazon swords..and maybe even Madagascar lace plants.
lace-runner n. now historical (esp. in the Nottingham lace industry) a person employed to embroider lace designs onto a plain or partially patterned machine-made net fabric; (also) a person employed to sew lace onto another fabric.
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1811 Derby Mercury 4 Apr. (heading) Notice to Lace Runners.
1844 G. Dodd Textile Manuf. Great Brit. vii. 225 The term embroidery does not seem to be much used in..the Nottingham lace-trade, most of those who work on net with the needle being termed ‘lace-runners’.
1914 Bull. U.S. Bureau Labor Statistics No. 146. 77 The skill of the lace runner consists in handling the lace carefully and running the material and the lace in such a manner that the machine is operated steadily without a break.
2000 Times Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 13 Oct. 4 These ‘lace-runners’ ran out of luck in 1841, when Joseph Wragg worked out how to outline patterns on the net automatically.
† lace shade n. Obsolete a lace veil.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > veil
wrielsc825
veila1325
skleir1362
vale1583
lace shade1772
1772 Daily Advertiser 12 May A small Bundle, containing..a black Lace Shade, a black Lace Apron, and two black Silk Handkerchiefs.
1803 J. Porter Thaddeus of Warsaw (1831) 275 Her lace-shade..half veiled and half revealed her graceful figure.
1885 E. Quincy Haunted Adjutant & Other Stories 335 You could never have seen how she became her decent white lace cap, her flowing black lace shade, her rich silks for common wear.
lace stitch n. Embroidery and Knitting any of a variety of stitches used to create work or a design resembling lace.
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1832 Southern Advocate 23 June (advt.) Plain Needlework, including marking &.c.; Ornamental ditto, including open and lace stitches.
1925 Woman's World (Chicago) Apr. 30/3 Now for the fringed edge, which is finished with a kind of lace-stitch.
2013 K. Coyle in A. Palmer Lace Knitting for Beginners 10 Delightful silk yarn and simple lace stitches play subtly with texture and light in the Gossamer Stars Scarf.
lace-tree n. now rare the lace bark of the West Indies, Lagetta lagetto (see lace bark n. (a)).
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1740 P. Collinson Let. 10 Apr. in J. E. Smith Select. Corr. Linnæus & other Naturalists (1821) I. 6 I send you some English fossils, and the bark of the Lace-tree from Jamaica.
1827 T. Nuttall Introd. Systematic & Physiol. Bot. ii. iii. 260 The liber of some plants, for example the Daphne Lagetto (or Lace tree), when soaked in water and afterwards beaten, forms a very beautiful vegetable gauze; which may be used as an article of dress.
1950 H. T. Wilkins Secret Cities Old S. Amer. vii. 345 The lace-tree or lace-bark (Layetta lintearia), a West Indian and South American hymelæceous shrub, has interlacing fibres of bast.
lace woman n. now historical a woman who makes or deals in lace.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > lacemaking > one who
lacemaker1589
lace man1598
lace woman1616
lace weaver1617
lace worker1706
1616 B. Jonson Epicœne ii. v, in Wks. I. 549 Taylors, linneners, lace-women, embroyderers. View more context for this quotation
a1732 J. Gay Distress'd Wife (1743) v. iv. 59 The Lace-woman's Bill..amounts to a hundred and fifteen Pounds.
1828 E. F. J. Carrington Confessions Old Maid II. iv. 172 I bought two or three yards of lace, by way of patronizing the old lace-woman, and pursued my way back to my cottage.
1929 W. F. Neff Victorian Working Women iii. 93 The misery of the poor lace women.
2010 C. Aslet Villages of Brit. 201 The invention of lace-making machinery, producing coarser but cheaper lace, sent the cottage industry into decline, what little the lace women could make often reduced further by greedy dealers.
lacewood n. [in sense (a) after French bois de dentelle (1764 or earlier), (now usually) bois-dentelle (1782 or earlier)] †(a) = lace bark n. (obsolete); (b) finely patterned wood from any of various trees (esp. the silky oak Cardwellia sublimis and any of several plane trees ( Platanus species)), typically used as a veneer; frequently attributive.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > lace-bark
lacewood1803
ribbonwood1865
ribbon tree1866
houhere1879
thousand-jacket1888
lace bark1906
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > wood of other specific trees
thornc1330
poplara1450
asp1551
angelin1670
dogwood1670
serpent-wood1681
locust wood1742
canarium1776
stave-wood1778
lacewood1803
Canary wood1820
chestnut1823
brier-wood1868
jasmine-wood1870
angelique1873
sakura1911
1803 B. S. Barton Elements Bot. 8 Lagetta of Jussieu. Bois dentelle, or Lace-wood, of the French.
1818 Newry Mag. 3 291/1 Lacewood of Otaheite and lace made of the same, by the process of wetting and separating the inner bark into a kind of flaxen fibres, and then woven.
1902 G. S. Boulger Wood v. 101 Very choice ornamental woods are employed mainly as veneers. Such are..those of Walnut; and the beautiful Lacewood or Honeysuckle wood of North America (Platanus occidentalis).
1992 Amer. Woodworker Oct. 62/1 Lacewood, often called silky oak, has a light- to medium-toned mahogany or cherry background coloration with highly figured patterns similar to those found in quartersawn oak.
2011 S. Gibson & P. Turner Blanket Chests 29 The chest gets its name [sc. waterfall chest] from its lacewood veneer.

Derivatives

lace-like adj.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [adjective] > lace
lace1532
lace-like1765
lacy1853
1765 T. Mozeen Fables in Verse I. 80 Then turn those eyes that can't abide Our lace-like labours in their sight.
1873 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 125 Lacelike curves of ever-gaining, ever-receding foam.
1927 Smallholder 26 Mar. 104/2 If any [tomato plants] have very finely cut, lace-like leaves, take them out.
2002 H. Alexander Fans 9 (caption) One of the few surviving lace-like fans of the late sixteenth century, the ivory sticks and guards holding a leaf of finely cut-out vellum.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

lacev.

Brit. /leɪs/, U.S. /leɪs/
Forms: Middle English lacy (southern), Middle English lacye (southern), Middle English laised (past participle), Middle English lasi (southern), Middle English lassed (past participle), Middle English–1600s lase, Middle English– lace, late Middle English ilastede (past participle, transmission error), late Middle English lyced (past participle), 1600s leese (in sense 1d); English regional 1800s laace, 1800s laas, 1800s laayce, 1800s laice, 1800s lais, 1800s leas, 1800s leass, 1800s leeace, 1800s leeas, 1800s liase; Scottish pre-1700 laice, pre-1700 lais, pre-1700 laise, pre-1700 laissit (past participle), pre-1700 lase, pre-1700 lease, pre-1700 leice, pre-1700 leist (past participle), pre-1700 lest (past tense), pre-1700 1700s– lace.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French lacier.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman laser, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French lacier, Anglo-Norman and Middle French lasser, Middle French lacer (French lacer ) to fasten (a garment, shoe, piece of headgear) with a cord or string (c1100), to intertwine (two or more things), to join, unite (two or more things) together (1155), to enclose or confine (a person) tightly in a garment (last quarter of the 12th cent.; also reflexive), to bind (a person) with a chain or cord (early 13th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman, c1350 in continental French), to entangle, ensnare (a person or animal) (first half of the 13th cent. or earlier; also figurative) < classical Latin laqueāre (in post-classical Latin also laceare ) to ensnare, in post-classical Latin also to tie, fasten (from 12th cent. in British sources; 14th cent. in continental sources), to embroider (15th cent. in a British source) < laqueus (see lace n.). Compare lash v.2, and also lace n.Compare Old Occitan lassar , lasar , laçar (a1150), Catalan llaçar (a1343 as †laçar ), Spanish lazar (mid 13th cent.), Portuguese laçar (14th cent.), Italian lacciare (13th cent.). In sense 7 apparently by association with lash v.1 In Middle English prefixed and unprefixed forms of the past participle are attested (see y- prefix).
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a.
(a) transitive. To fasten, tighten, or fix on with a cord, string, etc.; to fasten the lace of. Chiefly spec.: to fasten or tighten (an item of clothing or footwear) with a lace or laces passed alternately through two rows of eyelets.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > fasten
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garterc1440
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bind1720
staylace1832
sandal1897
zip1929
to zip up1937
zipper1938
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 307 Sum wummon..wereð..þe strapeles dunto þe fet ilaced fulueste.
c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) l. 842 Horn his brunie gan on caste, & lacede [a1350 Harl. knutte] hit wel faste.
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 3933 (MED) He kist þe clathes as þai hade bene lasyd And on þe saint body brasyd.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 600/2 I wyll lace my doublet first for takyng of colde.
1596 tr. Deligtful Hist. Celestina iv. 32 He hauing discouered them from a far, laced his helmet, and mounted incontinent vpon a good courser.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iii. ii. 46 A paire of bootes that haue beene candle-cases, one buckled, another lac'd . View more context for this quotation
1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. i. xxi. 110 I..advised her..to lace her Bodies more slack.
1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 129 Lacing the Mizon.
1763 Brit. Mag. 4 286 I lace and unlace ladies stays of the first fashion, every day of my life.
1814 G. H. Noehden Rabenhorst's Dict. German & Eng. Lang. II. 356/1 Lacing hook (formerly used in lacing stays).
1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) III. xiii. 259 Ofttimes he laced and ofttimes he unlaced his mantle.
1927 Boys' Life Aug. 30/1 We would..lace the cover just as you lace the cover of the football to-day.
1982 A. McCaffrey Moreta (1984) ii. 75 Oklina deftly settled the bodice to Moreta's hips and began lacing the back.
2002 Daily Tel. 23 May 4/4 So there we were, kitted out in ill-fitting BD or denim fatigues, struggling to lace our boots.
(b) transitive. With up. Also intransitive: to fasten the laces of one's shoes, boots, etc.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > fasten
lace?c1225
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garterc1440
lashc1440
pointa1470
trussa1475
lace1485
fasten1600
truss1610
bind1720
staylace1832
sandal1897
zip1929
to zip up1937
zipper1938
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (intransitive)] > fasten
button1776
to zip up1930
lace1985
1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) vii. xvii. sig. nvii They laced vp their helmes.
1594 O. B. Questions Profitable Concernings f. 30v His hose, which for hast he could not lase vp so close.
1609 T. Dekker Ravens Almanacke sig. H1v They drest her againe, laced vp her cloathes, and laide them together as they found them.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. ii. 18/2 Hanging Sleeves, Laced up behind.
1733 Oxf. Act 42 The Buff Boot may be seen, by way of Buskin laced up and tagged with a Knot of Ribbons.
1778 A. Carrion Abstr. Compan. Grave 26 She stuffs, and laces up the Hide.
1836 ‘Pedestres’ & ‘C. Woodenpeg’ Pedestrian Tour through Wales & Eng. II. xxxiii. 277 To see her great corpulent self..lacing up her stays, was truly not an every-day sight.
1898 Forest & Stream 29 Jan. 82/1 He laced up his cruiser boots preparatory to starting out on the day's hunt.
1931 Pop. Sci. Jan. 134/2 Two of the ‘bears’ laced up the backs of the legs of the [diving] suit.
1985 G. Keillor Lake Wobegon Days (1986) 222 You lace up and teeter down the plywood ramp and take your first glide of the season.
2015 Bowls Internat. Apr. 56/1 (caption) A semi-brogue style that is comfortable and fashionable, easy to lace up and has brogue ‘punch’ detail.
b. transitive. To secure inside something with a lace or laces; to enclose or confine tightly in a garment, place, etc. Also with up. Also figurative.
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a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1736 Alisaundrine..In þat oþer bere-skyn be-wrapped william þanne, & laced wel eche leme wiþ lastend þonges.
c1390 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 70 (MED) Heil beo whom þe godhed In vr flesch was laced.
a1425 (?c1350) Ywain & Gawain (1964) l. 2419 (MED) Þai helpid to lace him in his wede.
c1475 Wisdom (Folger) (1969) l. 578 Fortune in worldys worschyppe me doth lace.
a1500 (?a1400) Firumbras (1935) l. 1288 (MED) He was y-laced in a skyn of a dragoun.
a1566 R. Edwards Damon & Pithias (1571) sig. Biv Whiche bothe are in vertue so narrowly laced.
1568 Christis Kirk on Grene in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 266 Hir glitterand hair þat wes full goldin So hard in lufe him lest.
1765 R. Rogers Conc. Acct. N. Amer. 163 A particion..divides the canoe into two apartments; in one of which, when a storm threatens,..one person is stationed, being laced up tight round the body with the aforesaid lining.
1787 Polite Lit. 60 in Trans. Royal Irish Acad. 1 Odes..are at once wild and jejune, though trimmed and laced up in the straight waistcoat of strophe, antistrophe and epode.
1845 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 15 44 The women join together..placing him with great agility in his hammock, and with a rapidity truly surprising lace him in.
1915 J. London Star Rover vii. 55 Because of the struggle I had vexed them with, they laced me extra tight.
1940 R. Wright Native Son 292 They unlocked the cell and grabbed the yelling man, laced him in a strait-jacket, flung him onto the stretcher and carted him away.
1996 J. Frueh Erotic Faculties 55 Lace me in your love.
c.
(a) transitive. To attach or fasten (an object) on or to something else, or in a particular position, by means of a lace or laces; to fasten on (an item of clothing or footwear) by doing up the laces. Also: to fasten (two or more things) together with a lace or laces.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > bind or tie [verb (transitive)] > bind with cord, string, or tie
tiec1000
halchc1400
lacec1405
cable?1507
twitch1612
lash1624
wup1808
snub1888
zip-tie1985
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 81 Hir shoes were laced on hir legges hye.
?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 121 Þai er..laced togyder with lacez of silke.
1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) v. sig. iviiv A man armed walkynge his hors easyly by a wodes syde, and his sheld laced to his sholdre.
1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. cxxxvi. f. cii/2 Euery man made hym redy and lased on his basnet.
1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. Dv His legges shackle hamd, as if his knees had beene laced to his thighes with points.
1672 R. Wiseman Treat. Wounds i. iv. 43 I caused a straight stocking to be laced on both legs.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. viii. 380 The galeon was..provided against boarding..by a strong net-work..which was laced over her waist.
1770 J. Cook Voy. & Trav. Russ. Empire I. xxxviii. 176 I slept on my bed laced upon chairs.
1821 Life & Adventures J. Connor (ed. 2) v. 17 He found her at her toilet, adjusting her head dress, before she had laced on her stays.
1885 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 15 360 The two ends were..laced together with..leathern laces.
1927 ‘Mourning Dove’ Cogewea xxiv. 221 The beaver fur they dried in the sun, lacing them to pole hoops.
1981 R. H. Beatie Saddles Gloss. 355/2 Originally it was made in two pieces laced together with a slot for the cantle.
2005 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 27 Oct. e1/1 He laced on his runners and went exploring.
(b) transitive. figurative and in figurative contexts. To unite or link (two or more things) together, or (one thing) to another. Frequently with together.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > fasten [verb (transitive)]
fastenOE
truss?c1225
clitch?a1300
fasta1300
cadgea1400
lacec1425
claspa1450
tie?a1513
tether1563
spar1591
befast1674
span1781
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iii. l. 3838 (MED) So outterly oure feithful hertis tweyen I-lacid werne and lokkid in o cheyne.
1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 35 He sawe the perill of us all, lincked and laced to the daunger of hym selfe.
1607 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso (new ed.) xlv. 387/2 The vertue you haue showne, With sured knots, my loue hath knit and laced To you.
1660 G. Mackenzie Aretina 7 Albeit essayes be the choicest Pearls in the Jewel house of moral Philosophy, yet I ever thought that they were set off to the best advantage..when they were laced upon a Romance.
1793 T. Taylor Def. of Methodists (ed. 2) 56 Is not lacing up men's Consciences with positive dogmas, a tempting God?
1860 Spectator 24 Mar. 285/2 Each series of facts is laced together by a series of assumptions.
1967 P. Thomas in H. M. Rosenberg New Dimensions 180 Wind brushing eastward, Lacing him to itself.
2014 D. Wingrove Empire of Time Prol. Not in one book but three; those three books intimately connected—laced together, if you like—to form a seamless whole.
d. transitive. Nautical. To attach (a bonnet, save-all, etc.) to a sail by threading a rope or cord through eyelets or loops; (also) to attach (a sail) to a stay, mast, or gaff in this manner. Frequently with on. Now chiefly historical.
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1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea lxi. 152 It is vsuall to lace a bonnet, or some such shadow for the men.
a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 169 You may take off the main bonnet and top bonnet,..and in a short time you may lace them on again.
1702 J. C. Treasury for Dealers sig. L Lace on the Bonnet, is to clap it on.
1796 D. Steel Art of Rigging 8 A rope..to haul in the foot of the sail for lacing on the bonnet or taking in the sail.
1847 Graham's Mag. May 306/1 The labour of lacing on the bonnets again was too great to be thought of just at that moment.
1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 130 The sail is..laced to the yard with hitching turns.
1933 J. Masefield Bird of Dawning 307 Puff-balls or Save-alls, extra sails laced to the feet of square sails.
1967 Mariner's Mirror 53 165 A single lug-sail is laced to a yard.
2002 J. E. Fender Private Revol. Geoffrey Frost ii. 21 If you please, Mister Ferguson, lace on every bonnet our Salmon can set, aloft and alow.
e. intransitive. To admit of being fastened or tightened with laces. Also with up.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [verb (intransitive)] > cover or fasten in specific way
lace1792
wrap1798
1792 ‘P. Pindar’ Wks. (new Dublin ed.) III. 37 She wailing, in most piteous case, Of stubborn stays—that wou'd not lace.
1852 F. L. Olmsted Walks & Talks of Amer. Farmer in Eng. (2002) 452 They [sc. shoes] should..lace up with but two crossings over the instep.
1887 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 28 Apr. 398/1 From that a poro-plastic felt splint is made, which laces up, and is worn during the day.
1918 Aerial Age Weekly 2 Sept. 1219 (caption) It laces about the chest and fastens under the shoulder strap of the tunic.
1989 E. Hoagland Buckaroo Poets in Balancing Acts (1992) 247 They might prefer ‘packers' boots’, which lace up, instead of the usual..slip-on buckaroo footwear.
2014 A. M. Davis Fifty Years Living Laughing & Loving iv. 116 I wondered how I was going to get out of the bustiere. It laces all the way up the back.
2.
a. transitive (reflexive). To compress one's waist by drawing tight the laces of a corset or other garment. Also intransitive with reflexive meaning. Now historical.
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?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 1801 Corrineus..with a cloth his body girt, streit in þe flank did hym lace.
1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes ii. xii. f. 96v The woman with child ought to beware of ouer harde lacinge her selfe about the midle.
1589 T. Nashe Anat. Absurditie sig. Aiii Women decke themselues so gorgiously, and lace themselues so nicely.
a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Coxcombe iii, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Oo2v/1 She laces close by the masse I warrant you.
1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 195 Better advised are the Venetian Dames, who never Lace themselves.
1724 J. Maubray Female Physician iii. iii. 75 She must not lace herself..with Whalebone-Stays.
1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxix. 168 Why do you let her lace so tight, Mr. B?
1808 Lady's Weekly Misc. 7 May 25/1 To be shaped like a wasp was therefore the object of female ambition; and so tight did they lace themselves.
1871 Figure Training 9 To lace or not to lace.
1905 E. L. Murison tr. A. R. Zuccari Soul of Artist 23 Elegant women..bare themselves, lace themselves, torture themselves, fast or stuff, with equal indifference.
2009 C. B. Kortsch Dress Culture in Late Victorian Women's Fiction iii. 69 The narrow hemlines of the 1880s and 1890s had required women to lace ever more severely in order to achieve a proportionally tiny waist.
b. transitive. To compress the waist of (a person) by drawing tight the laces of a corset or similar garment; frequently with in. Also: to compress (the waist, stomach, etc.) (in or down) by means of a corset. Also figurative; cf. strait-lace v. Now historical.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > fasten > compress waist by
lace1599
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1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. I4v I doe not loue to be lac't in, when I goe to lase a rascall.
a1600 T. Deloney Thomas of Reading (1612) ii. sig. A5v No meate pleased him so wel as mutton, such as was laced in a red petticoate.
a1630 F. Moryson in Shakespeare's Europe (1903) v. v. 485 The [Irish] wemen generally are not straight laced,..and the greatest part are not laced at all.
1700 W. Congreve Way of World iii. i. 40 Like Mrs. Primly's great Belly; she may lace it down before, but it burnishes on her Hips.
1825 W. Scott Let. 23 Jan. (1935) VIII. 230 Rather straitly laced in her presbyterian stays.
1882 World 21 June 18/1 The bodice..laced-in a waist of twenty inches.
1910 Physical Culture Apr. 333/1 When one is laced tightly the figure is not unlike a dressed-up lamppost.
2001 J. Flanders Circle of Sisters (2005) xi. 198 Collars were stiff, waists were laced tight, long skirts limited movement.
†3. transitive. To capture or bind with a chain or cord; to entangle, entrap, ensnare (figurative in quots.). Obsolete.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > entrap, ensnare [verb (transitive)]
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a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 3178 I trowe neuere man wiste of peyne But he were laced in loues cheyne.
a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) l. 13078 Ffolkys vnder my demeyne,—Swych as be lacyd in my cheyne.
1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes (new ed.) f. 63v That laced is within her chaine,For earst ne are the griefes so gret:As is the ioy when loue is met.
?1572 T. Paynell tr. Treasurie Amadis of Fraunce xi. 272 I am in prison that doth nother open nor shutte, they doe lace and vnlace me with one lace.
4.
a.
(a) transitive. To pass a cord, thread, band, etc., in and out through (fabric or other material), esp. for decoration; to embroider or trim (an object, esp. a garment) in this way. Chiefly in passive (with unexpressed agent).Sometimes difficult to distinguish from sense 6.
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the world > space > relative position > intertwining or interweaving > intertwine or interweave [verb (transitive)] > with something
lace1453
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > sew or ornament textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > embroider or ornament with sewing
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1453 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 190 (MED) I bequeth..j par bedis of laumbyr lacyd with mony hyngeris knopped of rede silk.
1483 Wardrobe Acct. in Grose's Antiquarian Repertory (1807) I. 30 The foresaide canapies sowed with oon unce of silk and lyced with 1 lb xj unces of grene threde.
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie viii. 21 You shall haue a net made of strong thread, laced with a thong.
1625 G. Mason Grammaire Angloise 193 He that entertaynes the ladye with a gowne lened and laced with blew.
1755 G. Whitefield Let. 13 Apr. in Brief Acct. Lent Processions iv. 23 A high Scaffold, hung..behind with silk purple Damask laced with Gold.
1845 S. Judd Margaret i. v. 25 It had no buttons in front, but in lieu thereof, slashes, like long button holes, and laced with silk embroidery.
1908 Mich. Alumnus Nov. 30 (advt.) Felt Pillows—from 75c to our celebrated Seal, laced with ribbon, with long fringe.
2013 N. Lommel Tyrant's Keep xiv. 103 She picked a silky white bolt laced with gold thread for the majority of the gown.
(b) transitive. To pass (a cord, thread, band, etc.) in and out through a fabric, holes, etc.; to thread (a shoelace) in and out of the eyelets of a shoe. Chiefly with through; formerly also with in.figurative in quot. 1656; cf. sense 10b.
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the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > be or make interjacent [verb (transitive)] > place (a thing) between
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1595 A. Munday tr. First Bk. Primaleon xvii. 133 The Giant then after hee had laced and buckled the strings of his headpeece, tooke a strong launce in his hand.
1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. viii. 155 To emblemish his Epistles upon fit occasions..breaking off the course of his speech..to lace in a Prayer, a Blessing, a Thanksgiving.
1749 Universal Mag. July 43/1 These tables or shelves should be about four feet broad,..made of fir..or the best Indian matts, supported with baulks, or cross pieces of wood, or with cords laced through the frames.
1770 J. Ellis Direct. for bringing over Seeds & Plants from East-Indies 10 The laths are to be fastened cross and cross to the ledges or packthread to be laced to and fro, to keep the whole steady and tight.
1849 W. S. Mayo Kaloolah xxxviii. 352 It was open at the breast, and from the elbow down to the wrist, and across these openings were laced cords of yellow silk.
1865 Mechanics' Mag. 11 Aug. 92/1 The sacking for the bedstead may be supported by lacing the cords in holes near the edge of the main or outer framework.
1937 A. Wynn in J. F. Dobie & M. C. Boatright Straight Texas 205 The cord beds..were of four-legged construction with rawhide strips, ropes or cords laced through bored holes along the lengthwise supporting poles.
1974 M. Nichols Encycl. Embroidery Stitches a19 Lace through in manner shown; do not pierce fabric until end.
2009 Times-Tribune (Scranton, Pa.) (Nexis) 19 Nov. The way shoelaces can be laced can resemble numbers associated with gangs.
b. transitive. To entwine, interweave. Also figurative. Also intransitive (cf. sense 4c). rare before 19th cent.
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the world > space > relative position > intertwining or interweaving > intertwine or interweave [verb (transitive)]
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1579 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1579/10/48 On the uther syde [of the coin]..ane ‘J’ and ane ‘R’ laissit with the figour of ‘6’ undir thame.
1817 Q. Rev. Jan. 291 The women and children..laced their fingers within his, and made use of all the means that occurred to them likely to inspire confidence.
1883 H. Caine Cobwebs Crit. vi. 176 The poet..lacing and interlacing his combinations of thought and measure.
1935 D. I. Vesey tr. R. A. Loederer Voodoo Fire in Haiti xi. 276 We turned off into a narrow bush path where the branches laced overhead into a vast natural corridor.
1967 J. Stands in Timber et al. Cheyenne Memories iii. 52 Poplar branches were laced across, and a bait..was laid on top.
2013 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 14 Apr. (Styles section) 2/2 Other power poses include putting your feet up and lacing your fingertips behind your head.
c. intransitive. With prepositional complement. Of a cord, string, line, or something of a similar shape: to pass (in the specified direction); to wind around, extend across or down, etc. Also figurative.Sometimes with implication of interweaving; cf. sense 4b.
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the world > space > relative position > intertwining or interweaving > intertwine or interweave [verb (intransitive)]
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1762 R. Lloyd in St. James's Mag. Sept. 4 No Crambo, no Acrostic fine, Great letters lacing down each line.
1811 J. E. Smith tr. C. Linnaeus Lachesis Lapponica II. 101 The traveller is further secured by strings fixed to the edges of the carriage, which lace around him across the top.
a1889 G. M. Hopkins Poems (1967) 188 Her dearness..more and more times laces round and round my heart.
1899 H. G. Wells When Sleeper Wakes x. 103 The cables and bridges that laced across the aisles were empty.
1969 Discover National Forests Oregon (U.S. Forest Service) Primary highways and Forest Service roads which lace through our forested lands.
2011 J. Lourey October Fest i. 1 I'd have caught its scent on the breeze, a hint of rotten death weaving through the chill fall air, lacing around the shedding trees.
d. transitive. Bookbinding. To thread (the bands (band n.1 2b) of a volume) through holes made in the boards which are to comprise the cover of the book; also with in. Also (with on, in): to attach (boards) to a volume in this manner. Cf. lacing n. 5.
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society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > bind [verb (transitive)] > other processes
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1818 H. Parry Art of Bookbinding 15 Put the paste-boards on each side of the book..and mark on them, with a bodkin, the places where the bands are to be drawn or laced in.
1871 Amer. Encycl. Printing 74/1 When the boards are affixed to the volume by means of the bands being passed through holes made in the boards, they are said to be laced in.
1880 J. W. Zaehnsdorf Art of Bookbinding (1890) xiv. 57 The boards having been squared, they are to be attached to the book by lacing the ends of the cord through holes made in the board.
1914 Amer. Printer & Lithogr. 45 691/1 The book is then rounded and backed ready for the boards, which have to be laced on.
1946 A. J. Vaughan in H. Whetton Pract. Printing & Binding xxxi. 382/1 Should these cords not have been laced through the boards the binding is what is known as a cased book, a cheaper style.
2001 C. B. Wood in K. Hafertepe & J. F. O'Gorman Amer. Architects & their Bks. to 1848 xi. 190 There were two ways to do this [sc. attach the covers to the cords]: one was by lacing them to the boards.
e. transitive. To pass (film or tape) between the guides and other parts of a projector, tape recorder, etc., so that it runs from one spool to the other. Frequently with up. Cf. thread v. 10.
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > record [verb (transitive)] > set up tape
lace1928
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > projection > project a film [verb (transitive)] > set up film in projector
lace1928
1928 O. Blakeston Through Yellow Glass xiv. 98 To lace the film in the Debrie turn the disk above to the right.
1948 C. A. Hill Cine-film Projection v. 54 Unless the film is your own, you must put its care before everything else, even if you have to stop the show, but this should never be necessary if you always lace the film correctly.
1966 G. Sinstadt Whisper in Lonely Place vi. 106 He removed a spool from the metal container and laced up the tape.
1994 S. P. Bali Colour Television xvii. 350 Because the tortuous tape path would place severe strain on the tape during fast wind, it is only laced up during normal-speed playback.
2013 D. Hampton Little Red i. i. 13 He loved to watch Leo lace the film through the machine in preparation for a viewing.
5.
a. transitive. Chiefly with with. To ornament, adorn, or mark (lavishly) as though embroidered or trimmed with a lace or braids of lace (cf. sense 6); spec. to provide with a streak or streaks of a different colour. Also figurative and in figurative contexts. Frequently in passive (with unexpressed agent).
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > stripiness > stripe [verb (transitive)] > streak
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] > add as ingredient to a mixture > qualify by admixture > diversify by intermixture
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1485 Device Coronation Henry VII in W. Jerdan Rutland Papers (1842) 8 [The King's] sherts..open before and behynd and in the shuldres, and lased with annlettes of siluer and gilt.
1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. v. 8 See Loue what enuious strakes Doo lace the seuering clowdes in yonder East. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) ii. iii. 112 Here lay Duncan, His Siluer skinne, lac'd with his Golden Blood. View more context for this quotation
1678 J. Philips Maronides vi. 104 Men never purchase Honours here, Nor need to lace their Names with Sir.
1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iv. ii. iv. 173/2 A sort of Harangue finely laced and guilded with such Phalerate Stuff, as plainly discovers the Vanity of them, that jingle with it.
1789 Relapse I. 165 Like the emerging sun lacing the murky clouds.
1825 H. Owen Hist. Shrewsbury II. i. 59 A round-headed arch, deeply recessed, and richly laced with mouldings.
1850 Beck's Florist 200 Very smooth, stout petal laced with rosy purple.
1879 H. George Progress & Poverty vii. v. 353 We..lace the air with telegraph wires.
1939 C. A. Naether Bk. Pigeon v. 123 The Argent differs from the main variety in that the ground color of its wings is white, the edges of the wing feathers being ‘laced’ with color. The Magnani is mottled or spangled over the body, wings, and tail.
1978 New Scientist 6 July 20/1 The fascinating network of grooves which lace the surface of the Martian moon Phobos.
2015 Australian (Nexis) 24 Oct. 9 Belgium is a small country laced with rivers and canals.
†b. intransitive. Painting. To add streaks of a particular colour. Obsolete. rare.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > colour [verb (transitive)] > lay on a colour > insert streaks of colour
lace1606
1606 H. Peacham Art of Drawing vi. 56 It is the best white of al others to lace or garnish beeing ground with a weake Gumme water.
†c. intransitive. Of a (variety of) plant, esp. a pink: to develop petals with a border of contrasting colour. Cf. laced adj.1 6, lacing n. 2d. Obsolete.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > be a flowering plant [verb (intransitive)] > have particular marking or colouring
to be feathered1833
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1844 Gardeners' Chron. 1 Apr. 232/1 Pinks—Are on the move, and must be attended to; these, when planted in the spring, seldom lace well.
1856 Florist, Fruitist & Garden Misc. 241 The following are the best varieties [of pink] for exhibition:..James Hogg, one of the best, very fine, usually shy to lace, but good in every respect this year.
1893 Gardening 4 Mar. 1/3 One of the best is Boiard, a favourite flower with all growers, a good grower, laces well, and very full and fine.
6. transitive. To adorn or trim with braids of lace (lace n. 6a). Chiefly in passive (with unexpressed agent).
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > sew or ornament textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > trim > with lace
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c1547 Inventory in MS Harl. 1419A f. 93 Laced with passamen Lace of Veanice golde.
1583 in Northern Notes & Queries (1886) 1 77 A new cloke of frenche tannye, lased..withe Syllk.
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. iv. 18 Cloth a gold and cuts, and lacd [printed lac d] with siluer. View more context for this quotation
1670 Lady M. Bertie in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 21 The under pettycoatt very richly laced with two or three sorts of lace.
1740 C. Davies Life & Adventures ii. 12 I sold..the lace of my furniture, excepting what I reserved to lace the knees of my husband's breeches.
1760 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. (ed. 3) II. 354 A chair covered with velvet, and laced with gold.
1811 J. P. Malcolm Anecd. Manners & Customs London iv. 300 The mantle was of crimson satin, laced with silk, and adorned with tassels.
1858 W. M. Thackeray Virginians II. i. 1 Three footmen in livery, gorgeously laced with worsted, set out twice as many card-tables.
1900 United Services Mag. Feb. 484 A sky-blue uniform laced with gold with scarlet facings.
1997 R. Chartrand Louis XV's Army IV. 21 There were various ways to lace the coat.
2014 L. Hilton Elizabeth (2015) ix. 130 Ruffs were decorated with silk and laced with gold and silver.
7.
a. transitive. To lash (a person) with or as though with a whip or cord; to beat, thrash.
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society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > administer corporal punishment [verb (transitive)] > whip or scourge
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1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. I4v I doe not loue to be lac't in, when I goe to lase a rascall.
a1625 J. Fletcher Loyal Subj. v. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Fff4v/1 He was whipt like a top, I never saw a whore so lac'd.
1652 J. Wright tr. J.-P. Camus Nature's Paradox ix. 226 The Souldiers..laced their shoulders so well with their stirrop-leathers, that they made them swim in their own blood.
1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) 6 Chell pummel tha, chell vag tha, chell lace tha.
1783 Ainsworth's Thes. Linguæ Latinæ (new ed.) i To lace,..cædo, verbero.
1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre II. vi. 161 A..switch..waiting to leap out imp-like and lace my quivering palm.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Lace, to beat or punish with a rattan or rope's end.
1922 E. Wallace Flying Fifty-five xxix. 175 He laced me with a whip.
1986 T. Barling Smoke i. 15 Young Charlie just hadn't been there when Manchester Freddy tried to lace him across the table.
2008 T. Schreck TKO x. 75 I hit him with a legal punch. I didn't lace him in the eye, I didn't kick him, and I didn't bite him in the ear.
b. transitive. Sport (originally Baseball). To strike (a ball) forcefully; to hit (a run, pitch, etc.) in this way.
ΚΠ
1888 Boston Daily Globe 12 June 5/2 Richard Johnston pulled himself together and laced the ball down to the farthest corner of the centrefield.
1900 G. Patten Rockspur Nine xvii. 148 He settled his feet firmly on the ground and laced out a two-bagger with the very first ball pitched to him.
1949 Council Bluffs (Iowa) Nonpareil 24 Aug. 9/2 John Tedoro laced one over second that bore a base hit label.
1996 R. Westcott Philadelphia's Old Ballparks 150 Then in the 14th, Robinson laced a home run off Robin Roberts.
2014 Daily Mirror (Nexis) 23 Feb. (Sports section) 10 Six minutes later, Rooney laced the ball into the top corner.
c. intransitive. Originally and chiefly U.S. to lace into: to attack or assault, esp. verbally; to criticize strongly; to lay into.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (intransitive)] > severely
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to rip into——1907
to lace into1908
to light into ——1922
to give (make, have, etc.) grief1974
excoriate1985
1908 Black Cat Oct. 17 She laced into me with all kinds of abuse.
1950 Time 6 Nov. 58/2 Reviewers laced into the play.
1976 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 7 Nov. 47/11 The teenage savages who push their victims into their apartments..and then lace into them.
1997 B. Geoffrion & S. Fischler Boom Boom ix. 111 Pocket decided he had had enough and laced into the big defenseman... Every single player on the ice except the goalies was swinging.
2000 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 21 Mar. 6 She laced into the mayor over the sensitive issue of race and the police.
†8. transitive. Cookery. To make a number of incisions down the breast of (a bird). Also with the breast as object, and sometimes with down as adverb. Obsolete.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of fowls > prepare fowls [verb (transitive)] > make cuts in breast
lace1615
1615 J. Murrell New Bk. Cookerie 11 Lase them downe the breast, and sticke them with two or three whole Cloues.
a1655 T. T. de Mayerne Archimagirus Anglo-Gallicus (1658) xxxvi. 33 Take a Wigeon..or Mallard..and with your knife lace them down the brest.
1673 Gentlewomans Compan. 115 Lace down the Breast on both sides.
1723 J. Nott Cook's & Confectioner's Dict. sig. Qq5v Lace your Goose down on both Sides of the Breast, half an Inch from the sharp Bone.
1796 Glasse's Art of Cookery (new ed.) xxvi. 382 Cut off the legs, lace the breast down each side.
9. transitive. To pierce with a shot or shots; to pepper with gunfire, esp. from an automatic weapon. rare before 20th cent. (U.S. slang in later use).
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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > wound > wound with missile
shootc893
shoot1297
feather1415
to shoot (a person, thing) through1535
daga1572
pistol1598
lace1622
to shoot‥through and througha1648
pink1661
pop1762
plump1785
wing1802
drill1808
rifle1821
leg1829
hole1847
shot1855
blunderbuss1870
riddle1874
pip1900
slot1987
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] > shoot (a person or thing) > pierce or riddle
riddle1511
to shoot (a person, thing) through1535
lace1622
to shoot‥through and througha1648
pink1661
hole1847
1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea x. 21 Wherevpon the Gunner at the next shott, lact the Admirall through and through.
1979 Flying Mag. Aug. 104/1 With Zeros on its tail, lacing it with machine-gun fire.
1981 D. W. Ballenger Terror at Sea 54 I thought sure they'd lace us after they got the photos.
1990 F. Sullivan All Eyes & Blind 33 She had seen orchards like this suddenly laced with machine gun fire.
2004 L. Attaway Global Countdown xxx. 178 With a squeeze of the trigger, Mankin laces Rodriguez with bullets.
10. transitive (often in passive). Usually with with.
a.
(a) To add an alcoholic spirit to (a drink, esp. coffee). Formerly also: †to add sugar to (a drink, esp. coffee) (obsolete). Cf. lace n. 7, laced adj.1 5a.Earliest in figurative context; cf. sense 10b.
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the world > food and drink > drink > preparation of drinks > [verb (transitive)] > add dash of spirits
lace1685
brandy1835
spike1889
the world > food and drink > drink > preparation of drinks > [verb (transitive)] > add sugar to coffee
lace1685
1685 in N. Thompson Coll. Loyal Poems 159 The Factious Gang leave off, To Lace their Coffee with Seditious Stuff.
1687 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. (at cited word) To lace Coffee, mettre un peu de Sucre dans une tasse de Caphé.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. xi. 172 He had his pipe and his tea-cup, the latter being laced with a little brandy.
1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. ix. 218 Polly loves a mug of ale, too, and laced with brandy.
1881 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 129 195 Abraham began by lacing his cups for him.
a1894 R. L. Stevenson St. Ives (1898) 53 A jug of milk, which she had handsomely laced with whiskey after the Scottish manner.
1948 R. O'Brien This is San Francisco 84 You drink a cappuccino, gray, like the robe of a capuchin monk, and made of chocolate that is laced with brandy or rum, and heated by steam forced through coffee.
1989 L. Clarke Chymical Wedding (1990) viii. 193 The mull was hot, well-spiced and laced with brandy.
2000 N. Griffiths Grits (2001) 17 Some people uh drinkin fuckin coffee... Well, coffee laced with spirits, but still.
(b) In extended use. To infuse with some additive or component; (in negative sense) to contaminate (food or drink) with a harmful or toxic substance; (in positive sense) to add an ingredient to (a dish) to give it extra flavour.
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1864 R. F. Burton Mission to Gelele I. v. 129 They must content themselves with bamboo-wine, which tastes like soapsuds laced with vinegar.
1946 San Antonio (Texas) Light 22 Sept. (Amer. Weekly section) 12/1 A..kitchen assistant..had laced it [sc. the meal] with arsenic trioxide.
1964 Redlands (Calif.) Daily Facts 8 Dec. 9/3 A spicy bread laced with nuts, honey, and ginger.
1997 P. Yancey What's so amazing about Grace? iv. xix. 265 They mumbled thanks and stared at the coffee, though most refused to drink it (had she laced it with poison?)
2012 Time Out N.Y. 19 Apr. 23/2 A delicate and creamy chicken sausage laced with curry spices.
b. figurative. To intersperse (esp. written or spoken language) with some additional, unexpected or contrasting quality, element, or feature.See quot. 1656 at sense 4a(b) for an earlier use with similar meaning which arises from a different metaphor.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > express copiously [verb (transitive)] > add (words, etc.)
interlard1545
lace1852
1852 Q. Rev. Advertiser Dec. 11 Simple language laced with rich humour.
1908 J. Masefield Capt. Margaret xii. 369 She spoke in gasps..using broken English, laced with oaths.
1966 C. Siragusa & R. Wiedrich Trail of Poppy i. 21 We had always conversed in a brand of pigeon-Turkish, laced with my lousy French.
1976 Black Enterprise July 22/1 A non-stop monologue heavily laced with quotes from Shakespeare.
2000 M. Barrowcliffe Girlfriend 44 xv. 395 I finally wrote the letter.., lacing it with enough truth..so she didn't come blarting round my door.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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