lacing
結帶;飾花邊;鑲邊;飾帶
Lace, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Laced p. pr. & vb. n. Lacing ]
1. To fasten with a lace; to draw together with a lace passed through eyelet holes; to unite with a lace or laces, or, figuratively. with anything resembling laces.
When Jenny's stays are newly laced. --Prior.
2. To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material; as, cloth laced with silver.
3. To beat; to lash; to make stripes on. [Colloq.]
I'll lace your coat for ye. --L'Estrange.
4. To add something to (a food or beverage) so as to impart flavor, pungency, or some special quality; as, to lace a punch with alcohol; to lace the Kool-Aid with LSD. [Old Slang]
5. To twine or draw as a lace; to interlace; to intertwine.
The Gond . . . picked up a trail of the Karela, the vine that bears the bitter wild gourd, and laced it to and fro across the temple door. --Kipling.
La·cing n.
1. The act of securing, fastening, or tightening, with a lace or laces.
2. A lace; specifically Mach., a thong of thin leather for uniting the ends of belts.
3. Naut. A rope or line passing through eyelet holes in the edge of a sail or an awning to attach it to a yard, gaff, etc.
4. Bridge Building A system of bracing bars, not crossing each other in the middle, connecting the channel bars of a compound strut.
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lacing
n 1: a small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage
2: a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in
order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
[syn: lace]
3: the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated
blows [syn: beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing,
trouncing, whacking]