Alen/on lace () See under Lace. |
Braid (v. t.) To weave, interlace, or entwine together, as three or more strands or threads |
Braid (v. t.) To mingle, or to bring to a uniformly soft consistence, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in some culinary operations. |
Braid (v. t.) To reproach. [Obs.] See Upbraid. |
Braid (n.) A plait, band, or narrow fabric formed by intertwining or weaving together different strands. |
Braid (n.) A narrow fabric, as of wool, silk, or linen, used for binding, trimming, or ornamenting dresses, etc. |
Braid (n.) A quick motion |
Braid (n.) A fancy |
Braid (v. i.) To start |
Braid (v. t.) Deceitful. |
Flex (v. t.) To bend |
Flex (n.) Flax. |
Honiton lace () A kind of pillow lace, remarkable for the beauty of its figures |
Lace (n.) That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven |
Lace (n.) A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords |
Lace (n.) A fabric of fine threads of linen, silk, cotton, etc., often ornamented with figures |
Lace (n.) Spirits added to coffee or some other beverage. |
Lace (v. t.) To fasten with a lace |
Lace (v. t.) To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material |
Lace (v. t.) To beat |
Lace (v. t.) To add spirits to (a beverage). |
Lace (v. i.) To be fastened with a lace, or laces |
Lace-bark (n.) A shrub in the West Indies (Lagetta Iintearia) |
Lace-winged (a.) Having thin, transparent, reticulated wings |
Macrame lace () A coarse lace made of twine, used especially in decorating furniture. |
Torchon lace () a simple thread lace worked upon a pillow with coarse thread |
Valenciennes lace () A rich kind of lace made at Valenciennes, in France. Each piece is made throughout, ground and pattern, by the same person and with the same thread, the pattern being worked in the net. |
Wire (n.) A thread or slender rod of metal |
Wire (n.) A telegraph wire or cable |
Wire (v. t.) To bind with wire |
Wire (v. t.) To put upon a wire |
Wire (v. t.) To snare by means of a wire or wires. |
Wire (v. t.) To send (a message) by telegraph. |
Wire (v. i.) To pass like a wire |
Wire (v. i.) To send a telegraphic message. |
Wire-drawer (n.) One who draws metal into wire. |
Wire-heel (n.) A disease in the feet of a horse or other beast. |
Wire-puller (n.) One who pulls the wires, as of a puppet |
Wire-pulling (n.) The act of pulling the wires, as of a puppet |
Wire-tailed (a.) Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a web or barbules. |
Wire-worker (n.) One who manufactures articles from wire. |
Ypres lace () Fine bobbin lace made at Ypres in Belgium, usually exactly like Valenciennes lace. |
flex | the act of flexing, he gave his biceps a flex to impress the ladies |
lace making tatting | the act or art of making handmade lace |
wire-haired fox terrier | a fox terrier with wiry hair |
wirehair wirehaired terrier wire-haired terrier | a terrier with wiry hair |
griffon wire-haired pointing griffon | breed of medium-sized long-headed dogs with downy undercoat and harsh wiry outer coat, originated in Holland but largely developed in France |
lace bug | small bug having body and wings covered with a lacy network of raised lines |
baling wire | wire used to make bales |
barbed wire barbwire | strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage |
braid gold braid braiding | trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains |
Brussels lace | fine lace with a raised or applique design |
chicken wire | a galvanized wire network with a hexagonal mesh, used to build fences |
cross hair cross wire | either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibration, he had the target in his cross hairs |
guy guy cable guy wire guy rope | a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent) |
high wire | a tightrope very high above the ground |
lace | a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns |
lace lacing | a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment) |
piano wire | thin steel wire of high tensile strength |
pillow lace bobbin lace | a handmade lace worked on a pillow with threads wound on bobbins, the pattern is marked out on the pillow by pins |
point lace needlepoint | lace worked with a needle in a buttonhole stitch on a paper pattern |
shoelace shoe lace shoestring shoe string | a lace used for fastening shoes |
telephone wire telephone line telegraph wire telegraph line | the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals |
trip wire | a wire stretched close to the ground that activates something (a trap or camera or weapon) when tripped over |
Valenciennes Valenciennes lace | a type of bobbin lace with floral patterns |
wire | ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc |
wire conducting wire | a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance |
wire cloth | fabric woven of metallic wire |
wire cutter | an edge tool used in cutting wire |
wire gauge wire gage | gauge for measuring the diameter of wire |
wire matrix printer wire printer stylus printer | an impact printer in which each character is represented by a pattern of dots made by wires or styli |
wire recorder | an early type of magnetic recorder using iron wire |
wire stripper | a hand tool used by electricians to remove insulation from the cut end of an insulated wire |
braid plait tress twist | a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair |
telegram wire | a message transmitted by telegraph |
trip wire | a small military force that serves as a first line of defense, if they become engaged in hostilities it will trigger the intervention of stronger military forces |
news agency press agency wire service press association news organization news organisation | an agency to collects news reports for newspapers and distributes it electronically |
wire | the finishing line on a racetrack |
eager beaver busy bee live wire sharpie sharpy | an alert and energetic person |
wire-puller | one who uses secret influence (i.e. pulls wires or strings) for his own ends |
malheur wire lettuce Stephanomeria malheurensis | a small plant of Oregon resembling mustard, a threatened species |
dusty miller silver-lace silver lace Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum | shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down, sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum |
yardgrass yard grass wire grass goose grass Eleusine indica | coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers, native to Old World tropics, a naturalized weed elsewhere |
broom beard grass prairie grass wire grass Andropogon scoparius Schizachyrium scoparium | handsome hardy North American grass with foliage turning pale bronze in autumn |
silver lace vine China fleece vine Russian vine Polygonum aubertii | twining perennial vine having racemes of fragrant greenish flowers, western China to Russia |
lace-flower vine Alsobia dianthiflora Episcia dianthiflora | low-growing creeping perennial of Central America having deeply fringed white flowers, sometimes placed in genus Episcia |
wild carrot Queen Anne's lace Daucus carota | a widely naturalized Eurasian herb with finely cut foliage and white compound umbels of small white or yellowish flowers and thin yellowish roots |
lace fern Cheilanthes gracillima | small tufted fern of northwestern America |
steel wool wire wool | a mass of woven steel fibers used as an abrasive |
wire glass | a glass that contains a layer of wire netting in it |
spike lace fortify | add alcohol to (beverages), the punch is spiked! |
electrify wire | equip for use with electricity, electrify an appliance |