lace maker

[Eng. lace, and maker.] One whose busine or occupation it is to make lace. lāçe'-măn, s. [Eng. lace, and man.] One who deals in lace or laces. IMG:content-0306.png:[blocks in formation] lăç'-er-āte, v . t . [Latin lacer at us , past par. of lacero to tear, to rend; lacer =mangled, torn, from Gr. lakeros =torn; lakis =a rent.] 1. Lit .: To tear, to rend; to tear to pieces; to separate by violence. 2. Fig .: To rend, to harrow, to wound. "This second weaning, needle as it is, How does it lacerate both your heart and his." Cowper: Tirocinium , 558.