lace
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noun
verb (used with object), laced, lac·ing.
verb (used without object), laced, lac·ing.
to be fastened with a lace: These shoes lace up the side.
to attack physically or verbally (often followed by into): The teacher laced into his students.
Origin of lace
1175–1225; (noun) Middle English las < Old French laz, las ≪ Latin laqueus noose; (v.) Middle English lasen < Middle French lacier, lasser, lachier (French lacer) ≪ Latin laqueāre to enclose in a noose, trap
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Lacer is derived from laqs, a rope, a noose; and this comes from laqueus.
Lacer: a lappet; applied to a margin with irregular, broad and deep emarginations, leaving lappet-like intervals.
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Word Origin for lace
C13 las, from Old French laz, from Latin laqueus noose
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