Part 6320

<hw>Lace</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To be fastened with a lace, or laces; <as>as, these boots <ex>lace</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Lace-bark</h1> <Xpage=822>

<hw>Lace"-bark`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A shrub in the West Indies (<spn>Lagetta Iintearia</spn>); -- so called from the lacelike layers of its inner bark.</def>

<h1>Laced</h1> <Xpage=822>

<hw>Laced</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Fastened with a lace or laces; decorated with narrow strips or braid. See <er>Lace</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Decorated with the fabric lace.</def>

<blockquote>A shirt with <b>laced</b> ruffles. <i>Fielding.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Laced mutton</col>, <cd>a prostitute.</cd> <mark>[Old slang]</mark> -- <col>Laced stocking</col>, <cd>a strong stocking which can be tightly laced; -- used in cases of weak legs, varicose veins, etc. <i>Dunglison.</i></cd>

<h1>Laced\'91monian</h1> <Xpage=822>

<hw>Lac`e*d\'91*mo"ni*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Lacedamonius</ets>, Gr. <grk>Lakedaimo`nios</grk>, fr. <grk>Lakedai`mwn</grk> Laced\'91mon.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to Laced\'91mon or Sparta, the chief city of Laconia in the Peloponnesus.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A Spartan.</def></def2> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Lacedemonian</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Laceman</h1> <Xpage=822>

<hw>Lace"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Lacemen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>A man who deals in lace.</def>

<h1>Lacerable</h1> <Xpage=822>

<hw>Lac"er*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lacerabilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lac\'82rable</ets>.]<ety> <def>That can be lacerated or torn.</def>

<h1>Lacerate</h1> <Xpage=822>

<hw>Lac"er*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Lacerated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Lacerating</er> <tt>(<?/>)</tt>.] <ety>[L. <ets>laceratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>lacerare</ets> to lacerate, fr. <ets>lacer</ets> mangled, lacerated; cf. Gr. <?/ a rent, rending, <?/ to tear; perh. akin to E. <ets>slay</ets>.]</wordforms> <def>To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; <as>as, to <ex>lacerate</ex> the flesh</as>. Hence: To afflict; to torture; <as>as, to <ex>lacerate</ex> the heart</as>.</def>

<h1>Lacerate, Lacerated</h1> <Xpage=822>

<hw><hw>Lac"er*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Lac"er*a`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>p. a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>laceratus</ets>, <ets>p. p.</ets>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Rent; torn; mangled; <as>as, a <ex>lacerated</ex> wound</as>.</def>

<blockquote>By each other's fury <b>lacerate</b> <i>Southey.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot. & Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Jagged, or slashed irregularly, at the end, or along the edge.</def>

<h1>Laceration</h1> <Xpage=822>

<hw>Lac`er*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.<ets>laceratio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lac\'82ration</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of lacerating.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A breach or wound made by lacerating.</def>

<i>Arbuthnot.</i>

<h1>Lacerative</h1> <Xpage=822>

<hw>Lac"er*a*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Lacerating, or having the power to lacerate; <as>as, <ex>lacerative</ex> humors</as>.</def>

<i>Harvey.</i>

<h1>Lacert</h1> <Xpage=822>