Laced
[lest]
Definition
(adj.) closed with a lace; 'snugly laced shoes' .
(adj.) edged or streaked with color; 'white blossoms with purple-laced petals' .
Typist: Ruben--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Lace
(a.) Fastened with a lace or laces; decorated with narrow strips or braid. See Lace, v. t.
(v. t.) Decorated with the fabric lace.
Editor: Lora
Examples
- I suppose French morality is not of that straight-laced description which is shocked at trifles. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It was a room where one might fancy the ghost of a tight-laced lady revisiting the scene of her embroidery. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Then she resumed her conversation with General Tufto, who asked who the fat officer was in the gold-laced cap? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Nous allons avoir une belle traversee, Monsieur George, said the courier with a grin, as he lifted his gold-laced cap. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It had grummets and was laced down at the edge with cord. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- On him the cocked hat, gold-laced coat, and staff, had all three descended. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Not one of your stiff-laced, moralising fathers, who preach chastity and forbearance to their children. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Why I should think God would like him better in his pretty silver-laced hat. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- How quiet and interesting compared to the vile, gold-laced, dragoon-looking flat thing Lord Uxbridge carries under his arm! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Large, broad-skirted laced coats, with great cuffs and no collars; and wigs, gentlemen--great formal wigs with a tie behind. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He sat on a bench, with his hoops and ruffles and high powdered head, his point laced lappets, &c. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The laced coat, and the cocked hat; where were they? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
Editor: Lora