[lace] meaning of 'lace'

2006-04-17 Thread Micki
No. 4 caught my eye, love it! 4. Ornaments of fine thread curiously woven.+++ Micki from Loch Ness, Scotland - where the spring rains are beating a tattoo on the ground and the roof - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTEC

[lace] meaning of 'lace'

2006-04-16 Thread bevw
Hi everyone ...while googling...I found this entry in Samuel Johnson's Dictionary (pub. 1755) I thought it would be interesting to know how lace as we know it, was defined at the timing (see #4 and possibly #5 - the latter could be round braid) LACE 1 n.s. [lacet, French; laqueus, Latin.] 1. A s