beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking
(noun) the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
lace, lacing
(noun) a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
lacing
(noun) a small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage
Source: WordNet® 3.1
lacing
present participle of lace
lacing (plural lacings)
That with which something is laced.
The tied or threaded laces that form a netlike pattern.
A beating as punishment; a hiding.
(mining) Lagging, or cross-pieces placed to prevent ore from falling into a passage.
(bookbinding) The cords by which the boards of a book are fastened to the back.
(shipbuilding) The knee of the head, or lace-piece, a piece of compass or knee timber secured to the back of the figurehead.
• Anglic
Source: Wiktionary
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. 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)
Definition: A system of bracing bars, not crossing each other in the middle, connecting the channel bars of a compound strut. Waddell.
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 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
