Lexic.us

Definition of Laced

1. Adjective. Closed with a lace. "Snugly laced shoes"

2. Adjective. Edged or streaked with color. "White blossoms with purple-laced petals"

Definition of Laced

1. a. Fastened with a lace or laces; decorated with narrow strips or braid. See Lace, v. t.

Definition of Laced

1. Adjective. Tainted with something, especially a drug. ¹

2. Verb. (past of lace) ¹

3. Verb. (context: usually with "up") Especially of shoelaces, intertwined and neatly knotted. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Laced

1. lace [v] - See also: lace

Lexicographical Neighbors of Laced

lace-flower vine lace-leaf lace-up lace-winged lace bug lace curtain lace curtains lace fern lace into lace making

lace monitor lace monitors lace up lacebark lacebarks laced (current term) laced-up laceless lacelike lacemaker

lacemakers lacemaking laceman lacemen lacepod lacer lacerable lacerant lacerate lacerated

Literary usage of Laced

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Boxes for the Protection of Books: Their Design and Constructionby Margaret R.. Brown by Margaret R.. Brown (1998)
"For non-laced portfolios, the closure attachments are cut through the flap boards ... The laced-in tie portfolio is slightly different. The ties are laced ..."

2. An Ethnologic Dictionary of the Navaho Language by Franciscans, St. Michaels, Ariz (1910)
"This second cradle is known as: laced ... The laced twig cradle is emplo.ved for about two monthe and ..."

3. London: Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1807)
"The costume of the gentlemen was the coat cut straight before, reaching below the knee, laced in front, and mostly buttoned to the bottom, without pockets ..."

4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1887)
"Will you have your tea laced ? They won't think much to it, unless their tea is laced. Shall I lace it for you ? LAD'S-LOVE, j. ..."

5. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.: Secretary to the by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1855)
"... and short petticoat, laced with silver lace so basely that I could not endure to see her, and with laced lining, which is too soon, so that I was horrid ..."

6. The History of Greece by William Mitford (1823)
"Affairs of GREECE, and Transactions of the GREEKS in ASIA, from the Establishment of the GENERAL CONFEDERACY against laced.EMON, to the TREATY between ..."

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