laced, tied
(adjective) closed with a lace; “snugly laced shoes”
laced
(adjective) edged or streaked with color; “white blossoms with purple-laced petals”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
laced
Fastened or adorned with lace.
Tainted with something, especially a drug.
laced
simple past tense and past participle of lace
• Cadle, E.D. Cal., cadel, clade, decal
Source: Wiktionary
Laced, a.
1. Fastened with a lace or laces; decorated with narrow strips or braid. See Lace, v. t.
2. Decorated with the fabric lace. A shirt with laced ruffles. Fielding. Laced mutton, a prostitute. [Old slang] -- Laced stocking, a strong stocking which can be tightly laced; -- used in cases of weak legs, varicose veins, etc. Dunglison.
Lace (las), n. Etym: [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. His hat hung at his back down by a lace. Chaucer. For striving more, the more in laces strong Himself he tied. Spenser.
2. A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net. [Obs.] Fairfax. Vulcanus had caught thee [Venus] in his lace. Chaucer.
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. Our English dames are much given to the wearing of costlylaces. Bacon.
4. Spirits added to coffee or some other beverage. [Old Slang] Addison. Alencon lace, a kind of point lace, entirely of needlework, first made at Alencon 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 (Zoöl.), 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.
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. 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. Shak.
3. To beat; to lash; to make stripes on. [Colloq.] I'll lace your coat for ye. L'Estrange.
4. To add spirits to (a beverage). [Old Slang]
Lace, v. i.
Definition: To be fastened with a lace, or laces; as, these boots lace.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
