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lac·ing
(lā′sĭng)n.
1. Something that laces; a lace.
2. A touch of liquor added to a beverage or food.
3. Informal A beating or thrashing.
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lacing
(ˈleɪsɪŋ)n
1. (Building) chiefly Brit a course of bricks, stone, etc, for strengthening a rubble or flint wall
3. informal a severe beating (esp in the phrase give someone a lacing)
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lac•ing
(ˈleɪ sɪŋ)n.
1. the act of one that laces.
2. a beating; thrashing.
3. a small amount of liquor or any other substance added to food or drink.
4. a lace used for fastening, as in a shoe.
[1350–1400]
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| Noun | 1. | lacing - a small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage booze, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, liquor, spirits, strong drink - an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented |
| 2. |  lacing - a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)bootlace - a long lace for fastening boots cord - a line made of twisted fibers or threads; "the bundle was tied with a cord" shoe - footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material | |
| 3. |  lacing - the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blowscorporal punishment - the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime flogging, lashing, whipping, flagellation, tanning - beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment flagellation - beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation |
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Translations
lacing
n (of shoe) → Schnürsenkel pl, → Schuhbänder pl; (of corset) → Schnürung f; uniforms with gold lacing → goldbetresste Uniformen pl; tea with a lacing of rum → Tee m → mit einem Schuss Rum
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