lace 
eighteenth century, often mentioned In French documents 
of the time under the imme HI /,M/,,I </ Anijlftt-rrc. Hlsgen- 
('rally aaid to have been of Flemish niaki-, and to have been 
called "English" ly Knglish dealers in order to evade the 
law. Some writers, hi iwe\ ei', atthni it a Kn^lish origin. (M At 
the pnMnftdajr, tbo flnwt BnuMb laee, where needle-point 
sprint HIT n|iiilied to Brussels bobbin-ground. Seeaupft- 
nti:,i\-laei', aiiove. False Valenciennes lace. (o)L*o 
resembling Valenciennes, but without the true Valen- 
cienne.H resent). The Bin-face and general character of the 
pattern closely resemble those of the true Valenciennes. 
(6) A general name for Vjtlenclcnnes made in Belgium. 
Flat point-lace, point-lace which has no raised work 
01 emnroiiiery in relief upon it. Flemish point-lace, 
needle-point lace made in Flanders, especially the delicate 
sprigs used in Brussels lace. Fuseau lace. (P./turau, a 
bobbin.] Same as bobbin-lace. Genoa lace, originally, 
gold and silver lace, for which < Jenoa was celebrated in the 
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; at the present time, 
especially, lace made from vegetable libers such as the 
aloe, ami also macroine 1 lace. Gold lace, a kind of net- 
work, braid, or gimp, made anciently of gold or silver- 
gilt wire, and in modern times of silk, thread, or cord cov- 
ered by thin Mat ribbons of gold wound around it. Gold 
lace is used chiefly as a decoration for uniforms, liveries, 
and some church costumes. Grammont lace, one of 
two kind-, of lace, usually inexpensive and used for shawls 
and the like : (a) A white pillow-lace, originally made at 
< irammont ill Belgium. (6) A black-silk lace like blond-lace. 
Oueuse lace, a thread pillow-lace made In France dur- 
ing the seventeenth century. Also called beyyar's lace. 
Henriquez lace, a tine stitch or point, used alike in old 
and in modern needle-point work. Hollie-polnt lace. 
See hotlie point. Honlton lace, a lace made at Honiton 
in Devonshire, England, remarkable for the beauty of its 
figures and sprigs. Iloniton application Is a lace made by 
working sprays, flowers, and other parts of a pattern on 
the lace-pillow and securing them to a net ground made 
separately. In modern manufacture, hand-made sprays 
are often sewed upon a machine-made ground. HonUon 
guipure is a lace of large flower- patterns, with a very open 
ground, which is generally sold under the name of Honi- 
ton lace. Imitation lace, machine-made lace of any 
kind. In fineness the imitation often rivals real lace ; Its 
chief defect is its mechanical regularity of pattern, which 
makes the design lifeless and uninteresting. Jesuit lace, 
a modern needle-point lace made In Ireland : so called from 
a tradition concerning the introduction of this manufacture 
since the famine of I Mil. Knotted lace. See knotted. 
Lille lace, lace made at Lille In France, remarkable for 
Its clear and light ground, which Is known as fond clair, 
and Is the most beautiful of the single-thread grounds, 
sometimes ornamented with points d'esprit. Old Lille 
lace has a peculiarly stilt and formal pattern. - Limer- 
ick lace, a kind of needlework upon machine-made net, 
worked In a tambour-frame. Macklin lacet. Same as 
Mechlin lace. Mechlin lace, n bobbin-lace which has the 
pattern outlined by 
a flat cord or hand, 
narrow but very dis- 
tinct. It Is usually 
made in one piece, 
pattern and ground 
together. The 
ground is some- 
times a resean, or 
net, and when of 
this character is 
very varied in pat- 
tern, and sometimes 
formed of brides. 
Mignonette lace, 
a light bobbin- 
lace with an open 
ground resembling 
tulle, made in nar- 
Mechlin Lace. row strips. Anas 
and Lille were fa- 
mous for this In the eighteenth century. Also called mrnurt 
lac. Mlrecourt lace, lace made In the departments of 
Voagesand Meurthe-et- Moselle, France, (a) In the seven- 
teenth century, a guipure, more delicate In texture and va- 
ried In design than other guipures. (6) At the present day. 
an application-lace, made of sprigs of bobbin-lace sewed 
upon grounds often made elsewnere, especially of the Alen- 
con reseau . Needle-point lace, lace made wholly with 
the needle. A pattern is first drawn, usually upon parch- 
ment; to this parchment is stitched a double piece of linen, 
and threads are then laid along tho main lines of the pat- 
tern and sewed lightly down. Then the whole design is 
carried out, both solid fllling and openwork, with delicate 
stitching, chiefly in the buttonhole-stitch. Oyahlace, a 
sort of guipure lace or openwork embroidery made by 
means of a hook in a fashion similar to crochet. The pat- 
tern is often elaborate and in silks of many colon, repre- 
senting flowers, foliage, etc. It is sometimes in relief. 
Parchment-lace, lace in the manufacture of which 
parchment has been used, whether for the pattern used to 
guide the worker, as in needle-point lace, or for stiffening 
the fabric, as in cartisane lace. .See point de ^ //,.. under 
point. Pillow-lace, lace made on a cushion, both pattern 
and mesh being formed by hand. Plaited lace, a kind 
of pillow-lace of simple geometrical design, often made 
of stout and rigid strands, such as gold thread or even 
flue braid. Point-lace. Same as needle-point lace. Many 
laces and grounds of lace are spoken of as point, but are 
not necessarily point-lace. See point. Pot-lice, lace 
into the pattern of which a sort of vase or deep dish is 
introduced, or sometimes rather a basket, often having 
flowers in it. Compare pot plate. - Powdered lace, (a) 
Lace of which the ground is strewn with small separate 
ornaments, whether Mowers, or simple sprigs, or mere 
squares like points d'esprit. (6) Lace which has been 
whitened. See pomltr, t. (. Saxony lace, flne-drawn 
work embroidered with the needle, greatly in favor In the 
eighteenth century ; in modern times, lace of many kinds 
made in Saxony, especially an imitation of old Brussels. 
Seaming-lace, a narrow openwork braiding, Kimp, or in- 
sertion, with parallel sides, used for uniting two breadths of 
linen, instead of sewing them directly the one to the other: 
a device employed for curtains, cupboard-cloths, etc., and 
even for some garments, especially in the seventeenth cen- 
tury. The name is applied to a similar fabric when used in 
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other ways, as for edgings. Silver lace.pnssement or gui- 
pure a large part or the whole of which Is In silver wire, or 
thread wound with a thin Hat ribbon of silver. Compare 
yold lace. Spanish lace. () Needle-point lace brought 
from Spanish convents since their dissolution, but thought 
by some authorities to be of Flemish uiigin. (6) Cut 
and drawn work made In convents in Spain, of patterns 
usually confined to simple sprigs and flowers, (c) A mod- 
ern black-silk lace with large flower-patterns, mostly of 
Flemish make, (d) A modern needle-made fabric, the pat- 
tern usually in large squares. Statute lacet, a fabric 
named In inventories of !f>M, apparently gimp or passe- 
ment made in conformity with sumptuary laws as to width 
and material. Tambour-lace, a modern kind of lace 
made with needle-embroidery on machine-made net. It 
has been made especially in Ireland, and is generally in- 
cluded among Limerick laces. Tape lace, a lace made 
with the needle except that a tape or narrow piece of linen 
Is Incorporated in the work and forms the chief patterns, 
the edges of It being often rolled up and stitched so a> to 
form a sort of cordonnet. It is in imitation of the reliefs 
of rose-point. Thread lace, lace made of linen thread, 
as distinguished from silk laces, such as blond, and mod- 
ern cotton lace. Torchon lace, coarse bobbin-lace, 
made of stout and rather soft and loosely twisted thread. 
Most peasant-lace is of this sort, and an Imitation of It Is 
largely made by machinery. Trolly lace. See trolly. 
Valenciennes lace, a very durable bobbin-lace having 
the same kind of thread throughout for both ground and 
pattern. The pattern and ground are made together by 
the same hand; and as this involves the use of a great 
number of threads and bobbins, the price is very high. It 
is the dearest of all bobbin-laces. During the French 
revolution the manufacture was almost wholly removed 
to Belgium, where It still remains. Ypres lace, a bob- 
bin-lace resembling Valenciennes, sometimes having 
bolder designs and a rather large lozenge mesh in the 
ground. (See also blond-lace, bone-lace.) 
lace (las), v.; pret. and pp. laced, ppr. lacing. 
[< ME. lacen, < OF. lacer, F. later = Pr. las- 
sar, lachar = Sp. lazar = Pg. lacar = It. lacci- 
are, < L. lacere, entice, allure: see lace, .] I. 
trans. If. To catch, as in a net or gin ; entrap ; 
in snare. 
I trowe nevere man wiste of peyne, 
But he were laced in Loves cheyne. 
Kma. }' the Rote, \. 3178. 
2. To secure by means of a lace or laces; es- 
pecially, to draw tight and close by a lace, the 
ends of which are then tied : as, to lace a shoe. 
Make cleane your shoes, A combe your head, and your 
cloathes button or lace. 
Babee Book (E. E. T. S.X p. 73. 
She maun lace on her robe sae jimp, 
And braid her yellow hair. 
Fair Annie (Child's Ballads, III. 193). 
3. To adorn with lace, braid, or galloon : as, a 
laced waistcoat. 
The edge whereof is laced with bone-lace. 
Coryat, Crudities, I. 214. 
I saw the King, now out of mourning, in a suit laced 
with gold and silver. Pepyt, Diary, I. 278. 
4. To cover with intersecting streaks; streak. 
Here lay Duncan, 
His silver skin laced with his golden blood. 
Shale., Macbeth, II. S. 118. 
5. To mark with the lash; beat; lash. [Colloq.] 
I looked Into a certain comer near, half expecting to 
see the slim outline of a once-dreaded switch, which used 
to lurk there waiting to leap out imp-like and lace my 
quivering palm or shrinking neck. 
Charlotte Brontf, Jane Eyre, xxi. 
6f. To intermix, as coffee or other beverage, 
with spirits: as, a cup of coffee laced with a 
drop of brandy. 
Prithee, Captain, let's go drink a Dish of lat'd Coffee, 
and talk of the Times. Wycherley, Main Dealer, iii. 1. 
7. To interlace ; intertwine. 
The caller and payer of the forfeit standing up, and 
joining their hands with the fingers laced. 
XacmiUan't Mag., Jan., 1868, p. 248. 
Laced mutton. See mutton. Laced plumage, in poul- 
try, etc. See lacing, 8. To lace one's coat, to beat one. 
[Slang.] 
I'll lace your coat for ye. Sir R. L' Estrange. 
II. intrans. 1. To be fastened or tied by a 
lace ; have a lace : as, shoes or a bandage made 
to lace iii front. 2. To practise tight lacing. 
[Colloq. 1 
lacebark (las'bark), n. 1. A small tree of the 
West Indies, the Laaetta lintearia, natural order 
Tlii/inela-acete, so called from the texture of its 
inner bark, which consists of numerous concen- 
tric layers of fibers interlacing in all directions. 
It is made into sleeves, collars, purses, etc. 2. 
In New South Wales, Sterculia acerifolia, the 
flame-tree. 3. In New Zealand, a malvaceous 
tree, Plugitinthittt Itetidiniix. 
lace-boot (las'bot), . A boot whichis fastened 
by a lace. 
laceborder (las ' bor ' der), n. A geometrid 
moth, .tridiilia orndtti, of small size and silvery- 
white color, with a broad bonier like lace to the 
wings, common on chalky soils in England: an 
English collectors' name. 
lace-coral (las'kor'al), . A fossil polyzoau of 
the family 
lacerately 
Lacedaemonian das c-ii<yin6'in-nn), a. and . 
[< L. !.>< '(Id -Hioiiiiix, < (jr. \iiKtAaiiiuvios, of Laco- 
dn>mon,< \axeiaiftui>, )L,.Lace<itt'nio>i,J."i > <ln nm. 
Lacedemon, Sparta, Laconia. <')'. l.nrnnian.] 
I, a. Pertaining to the city of Lacediemon or 
Sparta in Greece, or to the country of Lacedse- 
mon or Lacouia; Spartan; Laconiun. 
II. n. A native of Laccdemou; a Spartan or 
Laconiun. 
lace-embossing (las'em-bos'ing), . The or- 
namentation or pattern of needle-point lace 
worked in relief. 
lace-fern (las'fern), n. 1 . A small elegant fern, 
flu ilttiitlirx iirnrillinia, in which the under side 
of the bipinnate frond is densely covered with 
matted wool. It is found in California, Oregon, 
and British Columbia. 2. Any of the several 
species of the genus Hymenophyllum. 
lace-fly (las'fli), u. Any neuropterous insect; 
a member of the order Xeuropttra. 
lace-frame (las'fram), . Any one of a variety 
of machines used in the manufacture of lace. 
The construction of these machines is ingenious and com- 
plicated in the extreme, They are tflo called by other 
names, as bobbin-net machine, point-net frame, and warp- 
net frame. The older stocking-frame is the parent of these 
machines, and also of the numerous kinds of knitting-ma- 
chine now in use. 
laceleaf (las'lef), . Same as latticeleaf. 
lace-leather (las'lera'er), n. Leather used for 
laces and thongs. 
lace-lizard (liis'li/.iird),". An Australian liz- 
ard, Hydrosaurus giganteus. 
laceman (las'man), . ; pi. lacemen (-men). A 
man who deals in lace. 
I met with a Nonjuror, engaged very warmly with a 
laceman who was the great support of a neighbouring 
conventicle. Addimn, Coffee House Politicians. 
lace-mender (las'men'der), . One who mends 
or repairs lace; specifically, in lace-making, 
one who restores damaged meshes in machine- 
made net. 
All the Brussels ladies have old lace very precious 
which must be mended all the time* it is washed ; . . . 
but . . . those who know I have been a lace-mender will 
despise me. Charlotte Brontf, The Professor, xvli. 
lace-paper (las'pa'per), n. Paper stamped or 
cut by hand with an openwork pattern resem- 
bling some variety of lace. 
lace-piece (las'pes) . In ship-builtling, same 
as lacing, 6. 
lace-pillow (las ' pil * o), . A round or oval 
board with a stuffed covering, held on the knees 
to support the fabric in the process of making 
pillow-lace. 
lacerable (las'e-ra-bl), a. [= F. lacerable, < 
LL. /acm/&i/w,"that can be lacerated, < L. la- 
cerare, lacerate: see lacerate.] Capable of be- 
ing lacerated or torn; liable to laceration. 
Since the lungs are obliged to a perpetual commerce 
with the air, they must necessarily lie open to great 
damages, because of their thin and lacerable composure. 
Haney, Consumptions. 
lacerant (las'e-rant), a. [< L. laceran(t-)s. ppr. 
of lacerare, lacerate : see lacerate."] Of a lacer- 
ating character ; tearing; harrowing. [Rare.] 
The bell on the orthodox church called the members 
of Mr. Peck's society together for the business meeting 
with the same plangent, lacerant note that summoned 
them to worship on Sundays. 
linn-rill, Annie Kilhum, xxv. 
lacerate (las'e-rat), r. t. ; pret. and pp. lacer- 
ated, ppr. lacerating. [< L. laceratus, pp. of 
lacerare (> It. lacerare = Sp. Pg. lacerar = F. 
lacerer), tear to pieces, mangle, lacerate, < 
lacer, torn, mangled, = Or. )anep6f, torn; cf. 
Skt. T/ vraych, *rrak, hew, cut, tear, > varka = 
E. wolf: see tcolf.] I. To tear roughly ; man- 
gle in rending or violently tearing apart : as, to 
lacerate the flesh ; a lacerated wound. 
Sprain or strain, In which the ligamentons and tendi- 
nous structures around the joint are stretched and even 
lacerated. Eneyc. Brit., XXII. 2. 
2. Figuratively; to torture; harrow: as, to la- 
cerate one's feelings. 
This second weaning, needless as it is, 
How does it lac'rate both your heart and his I 
Covper, Tirocinium, L 658. 
lacerate (las'e-rat), a. [= F. lucfrf, < L. lacr- 
ratus, pp. : see the verb.] Rent; torn: specifi- 
cally applied (from natural appearance) in bot- 
any (also lacerated) to a leaf having the edge 
variously cut into irregular segments, and in 
anatomy to three foramina at the base of the 
cranium. See below. Anterior lacerate foramen. 
Same as .foramen lacrrum anterius (which see. under fora- 
men). Middle lacerate foramen. Same as foramen 
lacerum mnlium (which see, under fcramen\ Posterior 
lacerate foramen. Same as foramen lacrrum potteriut 
(which see, under foramen\ 
lacerately (las'e-rat-li), adr. With laceration. 
