lacerate

(las’e-rat), v. ¢.; pret. and pp. lacer- The caller and payer of the forfeit standing up, and joining their hands with the fingers laced. ated, ppr. lacerating. [ It. lacer are = Sp. Pg. lacerar = F. Laced mutton. See mutton.—Laced plumage, in poullacérer), tear to pieces, mangle, lacerate, varka = Tl lace your coat for ye. Sir R. I’ strange. E. wolf: see wolf.] 1. To tear roughly; man- II. in trans. 1. To be fastened or tied by a gle in rending or violently tearing apart: as, to lace; have a lace: as, shoes or a bandage made lacerate the flesh; a lacerated wound. to lace in front.—2. To practise tight lacing. Sprain or strain, in which the ligamentous and tend i- [Colloq.] nous structures around the joint are stretched and eyen