Definition of lacing

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Lacing (n.) A rope or line passing through eyelet holes in the edge of a sail or an awning to attach it to a yard, gaff, etc..

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Salam :: Salam (n.) A salutation or compliment of ceremony in the east by word or act; an obeisance, performed by bowing very low and placing the right palm on the forehead..
Paling :: Paling (n.) The act of placing pales or stripes on cloth; also, the stripes themselves..
Tie :: Tie (v. t.) To form, as a knot, by interlacing or complicating a cord; also, to interlace, or form a knot in; as, to tie a cord to a tree; to knit; to knot..
Masting :: Masting (n.) The act or process of putting a mast or masts into a vessel; also, the scientific principles which determine the position of masts, and the mechanical methods of placing them..
Subordination :: Subordination (n.) The act of subordinating, placing in a lower order, or subjecting..
Circumposition :: Circumposition (n.) The act of placing in a circle, or round about, or the state of being so placed..
Couching :: Couching (n.) The operation of putting down or displacing the opaque lens in cataract.
Met- :: Met- () A prefix meaning between, with, after, behind, over, about, reversely; as, metachronism, the error of placing after the correct time; metaphor, lit., a carrying over; metathesis, a placing reversely..
Warehousing :: Warehousing (n.) The act of placing goods in a warehouse, or in a customhouse store..
Collocation :: Collocation (n.) The act of placing; the state of being placed with something else; disposition in place; arrangement.
Crossbow :: Crossbow (n.) A weapon, used in discharging arrows, formed by placing a bow crosswise on a stock..
Interlacing :: Interlacing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interlac.
Prop :: Prop (v. t.) To support, or prevent from falling, by placing something under or against; as, to prop up a fence or an old building; (Fig.) to sustain; to maintain; as, to prop a declining state..
Tie :: Tie (v. t.) Low shoes fastened with lacings.
Ventilation :: Ventilation (n.) The act of ventilating, or the state of being ventilated; the art or process of replacing foul air by that which is pure, in any inclosed place, as a house, a church, a mine, etc.; free exposure to air..
Enlacement :: Enlacement (n.) The act of enlacing, or state of being enlaced; a surrounding as with a lace..
Interlace :: Interlace (v. t. & i.) To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave..
Leapfrog :: Leapfrog (n.) A play among boys, in which one stoops down and another leaps over him by placing his hands on the shoulders of the former..
Pitot''s Tube :: Pitot's tube () A bent tube used to determine the velocity of running water, by placing the curved end under water, and observing the height to which the fluid rises in the tube; a kind of current meter..
Postposition :: Postposition (n.) The act of placing after, or the state of being placed after..
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