01 n. The act of securing, fastening, or tightening, with a lace or laces.
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The act of securing, fastening, or tightening, with a lace or laces.
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A lace;(Mach.)
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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.(Naut.)
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A system of bracing bars, not crossing each other in the middle, connecting the channel bars of a compound strut.(Bridge Building)
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A quantity of a substance, such as an alcoholic liquor, added to a food or a drink; as, punch with a lacing of rum.
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A beating, especially with a lash.