The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . the work and forms the chief patterns,the edges of it being often rolled up and stitched so as toform a sort of cordonnet. It is in imitation of the reliefsof lace, lace made of linen thread,as distinguished from silk laces, such as blond, and mod-ern cotton lace.—Torchon lace, coarse bobbin-lace,made of stout and rather soft and loosely twisted peasant-lace is of this sort, and an imitation of it islargely made by machineiy,—Trolly
The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . the work and forms the chief patterns,the edges of it being often rolled up and stitched so as toform a sort of cordonnet. It is in imitation of the reliefsof lace, lace made of linen thread,as distinguished from silk laces, such as blond, and mod-ern cotton lace.—Torchon lace, coarse bobbin-lace,made of stout and rather soft and loosely twisted peasant-lace is of this sort, and an imitation of it islargely made by machineiy,—Trolly lace. See trolly.—Valenciennes lace, a very durable bobbin-lace havingthe same kind of thread throughout for both ground andpattern. The pattern and ground are made together bythe same hand; and as this involves the use of a greatnumber of threads and bobbins, the price is very high. Itis the dearest of all bobbin-laces. During the Frenchrevolution the manufacture was almost wholly removedto Belgium, where it still remains.—Ypres lace, a bob-bin-lace 11---- ,r ,_. ... bolder ground. (.See also blcmd-laee, boiie-lace.). [< ME. lacen, < OF. lacer, P. laccr = Pr. Ids-sar, lachar = Sp. la.:ar = Pg. lagcu- = It. lacci-are, < L. lacerc, entice, allure: see lace, ».] If. To catch, as in a net or gin; entrap ;in snare. I trowe nevere man wiste of peyne. But he were laced in Loves cheyne. liom. of the Rose, 1. 3178. 2. To secure by means of a lace or laces; es-pecially, to draw tight and close by a lace, theends of which are then tied: as, to lace a cleane your shoes, & combe your head, and your cloathes button or lace. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. maun lace on her robe sae braid her yellow hair. Fair Annie (Childs Ballads, III. 193). 3. To^adom witTi lace, braid, or galloon: as, a lace^piece(lasp§s) as lacing, 6. laced waistcoat. The edge whereof is laced with bone-lace. Coryat, Crudities, I. 214. I saw the King, now out ol mourni
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