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enlace, v.|ɛnˈleɪs|
Also 4–6 enlase, 6,9 inlace.
[a. F. enlace-r = Pr. enlassar, Sp. enlazar, Pg. enlaçar, It. inlacciare:—late L. *inlaciāre, f. in- (see in-) + *laci-us (OF. las lace, snare = It. laccio, Sp. lazo):—L. laqueus noose. Cf. L. illaqueāre. In later use taken as f. en-1 + lace.]
1. trans. To lace about, encircle tightly with many folds or coils. Also fig.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. i. iv. 13 Þat man..enlaceþ hym in þe cheyne wiþ whiche he may be drawen. 1430Lydg. Chron. Troy iv. xxx, To perce nerfe and vayne And them enlace in his [Cupid's] fyry chayne. 1502Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W. 1506) i. iii. 17 To breke the bondes of the deuyll, of y⊇ whiche he hym helde enlasyd. 1587Turberv. Trag. T. (1837) 163 And felt himselfe enlaste in love. 1859Tennent Ceylon II. ix. vi. 520 The figs, and particularly the banyan..speedily seize upon the palmyra, enlacing it with their nimble shoots. 1877Daily News 26 Dec. 3/1 They will enlace him in the coils of their red tape.
b. transf. To surround closely, enfold, embrace.
1633P. Fletcher Purple Isl. v. xi, The second all the city round enlaces. ― Elisa ii. 49 While he again her in his arms enlac'd. 1865Carlyle Fredk. Gt. IX. xx. v. 78 The old Town..is enlaced..by a set of lakes and quagmires.
2. To interlace, entwine, entangle. Also fig.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. v. i. 149 Þe questioun of þe deuyne purueance is enlaced wiþ many oþer questiouns. 1509Barclay Shyp of Folys (1570) 241 The violet..in bosome by me alway I beare, The same oft time inlased with my heare. 1868Hawthorne Amer. Note-bks. (1879) I. 65 The leafy boughs and twigs of the underbrush enlace themselves. 1870Morris Earthly Par. III. iv. 200 His fingers lovingly enlaced By other fingers.
3. To cover as with a network.
1850Kingsley Alt. Locke xxxvi. (1879) 375 The vast plains of Hindostan, enlaced with myriad silver rivers and canals.
†4. [See unlace, lace vbs.] To take off (the wings of a bird) in carving. Obs.
c1460J. Russell Bk. Nurture in Babees Bk. (1868) 142 Take capoun or hen so enlased, & devide.
Hence enˈlaced ppl. a.
1851Mrs. Browning Casa Guidi W. 56 Doth he..Keep house..with inlaced Bare brawny arms about his favourite child. |