lace \lace\ l=as, n. oe. las, of. laz, f. lacs, dim. lacet,
   fr. l. laqueus noose, snare; prob. akin to lacere to entice.
   cf. delight, elicit, lasso, latchet.
   1. that which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven;
      a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through
      eyelet or other holes, and used in drawing and holding
      together parts of a garment, of a shoe, of a machine belt,
      etc.
      1913 webster

            his hat hung at his back down by a lace. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            for striving more, the more in laces strong
            himself he tied.                      --spenser.
      1913 webster

   2. a snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a
      net. obs. --fairfax.
      1913 webster

            vulcanus had caught thee venus in his lace.
                                                  --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   3. a fabric of fine threads of linen, silk, cotton, etc.,
      often ornamented with figures; a delicate tissue of
      thread, much worn as an ornament of dress.
      1913 webster

            our english dames are much given to the wearing of
            costly laces.                         --bacon.
      1913 webster

   4. spirits added to coffee or some other beverage. old
      slang --addison.
      1913 webster

   alen,con lace, a kind of point lace, entirely of
      needlework, first made at alen,con in france, in the
      17th century. it is very durable and of great beauty and
      cost.

   bone lace, brussels lace, etc. see under bone,
      brussels, etc.

   gold lace, or silver lace, lace having warp threads of
      silk, or silk and cotton, and a weft of silk threads
      covered with gold or silver, or with gilt.

   lace leather, thin, oil-tanned leather suitable for cutting
      into lacings for machine belts.

   lace lizard zool., a large, aquatic, australian lizard
      hydrosaurus giganteus, allied to the monitors.

   lace paper, paper with an openwork design in imitation of
      lace.

   lace piece shipbuilding, the main piece of timber which
      supports the beak or head projecting beyond the stem of a
      ship.

   lace pillow, and pillow lace. see under pillow.
      1913 webster
see also:
delight elicit lasso latchet alen,con lace bone lace 
brussels lace bone brussels gold lace silver lace 
lace leather lace lizard hydrosaurus giganteus lace paper lace piece 
lace pillow pillow lace pillow 

lace \lace\, v. t. imp.  p. p. laced =ast; 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. --shak.
      1913 webster

            when jenny's stays are newly laced.   --prior.
      1913 webster

   2. to adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative
      material; as, cloth laced with silver. --shak.
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   3. to beat; to lash; to make stripes on. colloq.
      1913 webster

            i'll lace your coat for ye.           --l'estrange.
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   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
      1913 webster +pjc

   5. to twine or draw as a lace; to interlace; to intertwine.
      webster 1913 suppl.

            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.
      webster 1913 suppl.
see also:
laced lacing 

lace \lace\, v. i.
   to be fastened with a lace, or laces; as, these boots lace.
   1913 webster

lace
     n 1: a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in
          order to draw together two edges as of a shoe or
          garment syn: lacing
     2: a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of
        symmetrical patterns
     v 1: spin or twist together so as to form a cord; "intertwine the
          ribbons"; "twine the threads into a rope" syn: intertwine,
           twine, entwine, enlace, interlace ant: untwine
     2: make by braiding or interlacing; "lace a tablecloth" syn: braid,
         plait
     3: do lacework; "the flemish women were lacing in front of the
        cathedral"
     4: draw through eyes or holes; "lace the shoelaces" syn: lace
        up
     5: add alcohol beverages syn: spike, fortify
see also:
lacing intertwine twine entwine enlace interlace 
untwine braid plait lace up spike 
fortify 

209 moby thesaurus words for "lace":
   brussels point, roman lace, shetland lace, venetian point,
   adulterate, arabesque, assail, assault, attack, band, bandage,
   basketry, basketwork, bastardize, baste, bastinado, beat, belabor,
   belt, bend, berate, bind, bind up, birch, brace, braid, buffet,
   bundle, cancellation, cane, castigate, chain, cinch, cloth, club,
   contaminate, cord, corrupt, cowhide, cross-hatching, crossing-out,
   cudgel, cut, debase, denaturalize, denature, dilute, do up, doctor,
   doctor up, drapery, drub, enlace, entwine, etoffe, fabric, fall on,
   fall upon, felt, filet lace, filigree, fillet, flagellate, flail,
   flog, fortify, fret, fretwork, fustigate, gird, girdle, girt,
   girth, give a whipping, give the stick, goods, grate, grating,
   grid, gridiron, grille, grillwork, hachure, hatching, horsewhip,
   interknit, interlace, interlacement, intertexture, intertie,
   intertissue, intertwine, intertwinement, intertwist, interweave,
   intort, knit, knout, lacery, lacework, lacing, lash, lattice,
   latticework, lay into, lay on, leash, light into, loom, loop, mat,
   material, mesh, meshes, meshwork, napery, needlepoint, net,
   netting, network, noose, openwork, pistol-whip, plait, pleach,
   plexure, plexus, point, pollute, pommel, pounce on, pounce upon,
   pummel, raddle, rag, rawhide, reticle, reticulation, reticule,
   reticulum, revile, riddle, rope, scold, scourge, screen, screening,
   set upon, shoelace, shoestring, sieve, silk, smite, spank, spike,
   splice, strap, strengthen, string, stripe, stuff, swaddle, swathe,
   swinge, switch, tamper with, tatting, textile, textile fabric,
   texture, thong, thrash, thread, thump, tie, tie up, tissu, tissue,
   tracery, trellis, trelliswork, trounce, truncheon, truss, twill,
   twine, twist, upbraid, wallop, water, water down, wattle, weave,
   weaving, web, webbing, webwork, weft, whale, whip, whop, wicker,
   wickerwork, wire, woof, wool, wrap, wrap up, wreathe

lace
     
        language for assembling classes in eiffel.  specifies how to
        assemble an eiffel system : in which directories to find the
        clusters, which class to use as the root, permits class
        renaming to avoid name clashes.  "eiffel: the language",
        bertrand meyer, p-h 1992.