Meaning of LACING
| Pronunciation: | | 'leysing
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- [n] the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
- [n] a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
- [n] a small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage
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| | Synonyms: | | beating, drubbing, lace, thrashing, trouncing, whacking |
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| | See Also: | | bootlace, booze, cord, corporal punishment, flagellation, flogging, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, lashing, liquor, shoe lace, shoe string, shoelace, shoestring, spirits, strong drink, tanning, whipping | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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