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Search phrase: lace

Plays

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Antony and CleopatraAC I.iii.71.2Cut my lace, Charmian, come.Cut my Lace, Charmian come,
Richard IIIR3 IV.i.33Ah, cut my lace asunder,Ah, cut my Lace asunder,
Romeo and JulietRJ III.v.8Do lace the severing clouds in yonder East.Do lace the seuering Cloudes in yonder East:
The Winter's TaleWT III.ii.171O cut my lace, lest my heart, cracking it,O cut my Lace, least my heart (cracking it)
The Winter's TaleWT IV.iv.314Or lace for your cape,or Lace for your Cape?

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SonnetsSonn.67.4 And lace itself with his society? And lace it selfe with his societie?

Glossary

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aglet-baby[unclear meaning] small ornamental figure forming the tag of a lace
lacelacing of stays, bodice-string
laceornament, trim, bedeck [as if with lace]
point(usually plural) tagged lace [especially for attaching hose to the doublet]
rufflingfrilled, lace-adorned; also: embellishing, gay
tawdry-lacesilk necktie, coloured neckerchief

Thesaurus

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lace, ornamental figure forming the tag of a aglet-baby
lace, taggedpoint
lace-adornedruffling
small ornamental figure forming the tag of a laceaglet-baby
tagged lacepoint

Themes and Topics

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Clothing

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
INTERLACEBASICsee LACE
LACEBASIClace n, lace v, laced adj
LACEACTIONinterlace v
LACETYPEtawdry-lace n
LACENOTunlace v
TAWDRY-LACEBASICsee LACE
UNLACEBASICsee LACE

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