v. t.
To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material; as, cloth laced with silver.
v. t.
To beat; to lash; to make stripes on.
v. t.
To add spirits to (a beverage).
v. i.
To be fastened with a lace, or laces; as, these boots lace.
n.
A shrub in the West Indies (Lagetta Iintearia); -- so called from the lacelike layers of its inner bark.
a.
Fastened with a lace or laces; decorated with narrow strips or braid. See Lace, v. t.
v. t.
Decorated with the fabric lace.
a.
Of or pertaining to Lacedaemon or Sparta, the chief city of Laconia in the Peloponnesus.
n.
A man who deals in lace.
a.
That can be lacerated or torn.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Lacerate
v. t.
To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to lacerate the heart.
p. a.
Rent; torn; mangled; as, a lacerated wound.
p. a.
Jagged, or slashed irregularly, at the end, or along the edge.
n.
The act of lacerating.
n.
A breach or wound made by lacerating.