n. A noose; snare; net.n. A cord or string used in binding or fastening; specifically, a cord or string used for drawing together opposite edges, as of a corset, a bodice, a shoe, or the like, by being passed out and in through holes and fastened.n. Hence, any ornamental cord or braid used as an edging or trimming, especially when made of gold or silver thread. See gold lace, below—4. A fabric of fine threads of linen, silk, or cotton, whether twisted or plaited together or worked like embroidery, or made by a combination of these processes, or (as at the present time) by machinery.n. Spirits added to coffee or other beverage.n. A stringer; beam.n. A blaek-silk lace, in demand because made in unusually large pieces, as for shawls, fichus, etc.n. Buckingham trolly (which see, under trolly), andn. a lace having a point ground, which is peculiar in having the pattern outlined with, thicker threads, these threads being weighted by bobbins larger and heavier than the rest.n. At the presentday, the finest Brussels lace, where needle-point sprigs are applied to Brussels bubbin-ground. See application-lace, above.n. A general name for Valenciennes made in Belgium.n. Same as bobbin-lace.n. A white pillow-lace, originally made at Grammont in Belgium.n. A black-silk lace like blond-lace.n. In the seventeenth century, a guipure, more delicate in texture and varied in design than other guipures.n. At the present day, an application lace, made of sprigs of bobbin-lace sewed upon grounds often made elsewhere, especially of the Alençon réseau.n. Lace which has been whitened. See powder, v. t.n. Cut and drawn work made in convents in Spain, of patterns usually confined to simple sprigs and flowersn. A modern black silk lace with large flower patterns, mostly of Flemish maken. A modern needle-made fabric, the pattern usually in large squares.To catch, as in a net or gin; entrap; insnare.To secure by means of a lace or laces; especially, to draw tight and close by a lace, the ends of which are then tied: as, to lace a shoe.To adorn with lace, braid, or galloon: as, a laced waistcoat.To cover with intersecting streaks; streak.To mark with the lash; beat; lash.To intermix, as coffee or other beverage, with spirits: as, a cup of coffee laced with a drop of brandy.To interlace; intertwine.To be fastened or tied by a lace; have a lace: as, shoes or a bandage made to lace in front.To practise tight lacing.n. A machine-made lace of coarse cotton thread.n. A pillow-lace with geometric designs.