Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lacing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lace \Lace\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laced} ([=a]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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}, {drubbing}, {trouncing},
{whacking}]
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