lacing : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lacing	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for lacing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lacing n a small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment) Synonym(s): lace, lacing the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows Synonym(s): beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lace \Lace\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laced} ([be]st); 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]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lacing \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) A system of bracing bars, not crossing each other in the middle, connecting the channel bars of a compound strut. --Waddell.