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Lacing

//ˈleɪsɪŋ// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    That with which something is laced.

    "A light lacing of rum goes into the cake batter."

  2. 2
    the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows wordnet
  3. 3
    The tied or threaded laces that form a netlike pattern.
  4. 4
    a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment) wordnet
  5. 5
    A beating as punishment; a hiding.

    "The Nelson family chauffeur, Ed, told me that Steven was missing. Ed was angry that the kid had run off, and he said when he got his hands on him he was going to give him a good lacing[…]"

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  1. 6
    a small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage wordnet
  2. 7
    Lagging, or cross-pieces placed to prevent ore from falling into a passage.
  3. 8
    The cords by which the boards of a book are fastened to the back.
  4. 9
    The knee of the head, or lace-piece, a piece of compass or knee timber secured to the back of the figurehead.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of lace form-of, gerund, participle, present

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