Word Finder - lace

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A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread. Wp

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A cord or ribbon passed through eyelets in a shoe or garment, pulled tight and tied to fasten the shoe or garment firmly. Wp

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A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net.

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Spirits added to coffee or another beverage.

She was a vision, wearing a pale taupe nightgown with a lace bodice.

His hands shook as he fumbled to lace his boots.

Lace and lace curtains are made largely at Nottingham.

The lower edge and the sleeves are usually garnished with lace, lined with violet or red silk in the case of prelates, or - more rarely - with embroidered borders.

The exports of greatest value are textiles, lace, coal, coke, briquettes, glass, machinery, railway material and fire arms.

He was arrested, tried at the Old Bailey, and after being acquitted on a charge of stealing lace, found guilty of taking a reward for restoring it to the owner without informing the police.

Mons is now a flourishing town with a good trade in cloth, lace, sugar refinery, &c.; but its chief importance is derived from its proximity to the Borinage (place of boring), district containing mines of the finest coal in Belgium.

Some brewing, distilling and tanning are carried on, and the manufacture of very beautiful lace is maintained at the Convent of the Good Shepherd; but a formerly important textile industry has lapsed.

Its manufactures are lace and linen and it has a brisk trade in live-stock, oil and wine.

It has an active trade in agricultural products, and manufactures lace, light wicker-seated bentwood chairs, silk, &c.

The total number of persons working in textile fabrics in 1901, exclusive of 21,849 drapers, mercers and other dealers, but including 43,040 employed in mixed or unspecified materials (hosiery, lace, carpets, rugs, fancy goods, &c., besides a large number of " undefined " factory hands and weavers), amounted to 174,547 persons.

After the decline of its woollen trade Tiverton became noted for the lace manufacture introduced by John Heathcoat (1783-1861), inventor of the bobbin net frame.

Tweeds, blankets, shawls, tartans, lace curtains, cottons and winceys are also produced.

Portuguese cabinet-work deteriorated in the 19th century; the glassworks and potteries of the Aveiro and Leiria districts have lost much of their ancient reputation; and even the exquisite lace of Peniche and Vianna do Castello is strangely neglected abroad.

Lace, which is pursued as a home-industry in the Erzgebirge region, has its principal centre at Weipert, while Strakonitz has the speciality of the manufacture of red fezes (Turkish caps).

The shipbuilding of Kiel and other seaports, however, is important; and lace is made by the peasants of north Schleswig.

Among other textile industries attaching to definite localities may be mentioned the silk manufacture of eastern Staffordshire and Cheshire, as at Congleton and Macclesfield; and the hosiery and lace manufactures of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire.

Malines, although no longer famous for its lace, carries on a large trade in linen, needles, furniture and oil, while as a junction for the.

As a boy he worked in a lace factory, where he attracted the notice of the leaders of the Baptist community, who sent him to the academy at Leicester and the Baptist college at Nottingham to be educated for the ministry.

Many of the lace designs are French, as a number of French refugees settled in and near Cranfield.

Similarly the lace industry is associated with Catherine of Aragon, who, when trade was dull, burnt her lace and ordered new to be made.

As late as the r9th century the lace makers kept "Cattern's Day" as the holiday of their craft.

The Flemings, expelled by Alva's persecutions (1569), brought the manufacture of Flemish lace to Cranfield, whence it spread to surrounding districts.

In 1794 further French refugees joined the Bedfordshire lace makers.

It is the chief seat of ribbon weaving in Germany, and manufactures thread, lace, braids, cotton and cloth goods, carpets, silks, machinery, steel wares, plated goods and buttons, the last industry employing about 15,000 hands.

The Spanish mantilla is a covering for the head and shoulders of white or black lace or other material, the characteristic head-dress of women in southern and central Spain.

He wore green velvet trousers, a canary-coloured waistcoat, low shoes, silver buckles, lace at his wrists, and his hair in ringlets."

The Erzgebirge is celebrated for its lace manufactures, introduced by Barbara Uttmann in 1541, embroideries, silk-weaving and toys.

The town manufactures lace, gloves, sail-cloth and fishing-nets, and has extensive potteries, tanneries, sawmills and foundries, while shipbuilding is also carried on.

Lace-making was formerly the chief industry, but machines for making lace set up in the town by John Heathcote were destroyed by the Luddites in 1816, and the manufacture lost its importance.

It has lace, dyeing and tanning industries, and manufactures of toys and musical instruments; and there is a convalescent home for the poor of the city of Leipzig.

His " duo " concept carried through to evening wear, as layers of soft chiffon softened the line of body-hugging lace sheaths.

The bride wore a two-piece ivory chiffon, long-sleeved lace dress with pleated skirt and had a matching ribbon in her hair.

The bodice is laced and would probably have had a deep lace collar and cuffs.

It is decorated with delicate pink lace and a removable velvet flower corsage.

It is also decorated with a lace and ribbon corsage.

I love the sound of the blue satin jacket and white lace cuffs.

Periton's new work for Gallery 4 will hang over the windows like intricate lace curtains.

Behind his shoulder is a sewing machine, carefully covered with a spotless lace doily.

Loose metal threads and gold lace edgings were secured by stitching with Gutermann's polyester ' Skala ' threads.

Its non-slip top is decorated with intricate floral lace embroidery.

It features exquisite, lace kissed edges and has delicate, adjustable straps.

The most beautiful white lace dress was hanging inside, complete with matching shoes, gloves and a coronet of white freesias.

Thomas Brand for stealing a lace handkerchief from John Woodgate at Brent Eleigh.

What happens if you replace 1 and 2 by any two numbers lace 1 and 2 by any two numbers l and m with l m?

Fashioned in sheer striped tulle, the neckline and hem are trimmed in rich embroidered lace with ribbon details.

A feminine Swiss dot floral design is printed throughout and accented with scalloped lace edging.

Instead of tying laces, consider buying lace locks, which will hold your laces tight.

Beside working with the bobbins, there is needle lace, knitted lace, netting, crochet and tatting.

The cups of the chemise are made of stretch floral lace.