a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) iv. l. 1248 Fra þine he and his lynage als In to Latyne callyt weyr Lasit [L. Torquati] Romanys.

?1537 T. Elyot Castell of Helthe iii. v. f. 59^v Purgers of melancoly... Lased sauery.

1551 W. Turner New Herball 90 We call in england sauery that hath doder growinge on it, laced sauery: and tyme that hath the same, laced tyme.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 200 The herbe which we caule lased sauery.

1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum i. iv. 10 We doe generally call that Epithymum that groweth upon Tyme, in English, laced Tyme; as the Epithymbra, laced Savory, and so of Epistœbe, Epimajorana, Epiurtica, Epirubus, and so the rest; laced Stœbe, laced Marjerome, laced Nettles, laced Brambles.

1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden cci. 316 That [Dodder] which groweth upon Time is called Epithymum, that upon Savory Epithymbrum,..and in English Laced Time, Laced Savory, &c.

1753 W. Lewis New Dispensatory Index 615/2 Laced thyme, dodder of thyme.

1912 J. H. Stone England's Riviera (App. IV.) 475 Cuscuta is also known by the name of Dother, Fordboh, Strangle-weed, whilst Laced Thyme is the appellation of the fragrant herb when found with the dodder growing upon it—so called by Turner.

1792 J. Maddock Florist's Directory 217 When the corolla consists of petals of this description, it is denominated a Laced Pink.

1820 T. Hogg Conc. & Pract. Treat. Carnation 76 The laced Pinks in particular appear almost plain.

1834 R. Mudie Brit. Birds I. 74 The principal ones [sc. fancy pigeons] are..the Jacobine, the Laced, [etc.].

1851 Rural Cycl. III. 827/1 Most of the chief cultivators of Lancashire and Yorkshire, for example,..descant on the surpassing beauty of finely laced petals.

1867 W. B. Tegetmeier Pigeons xxiii. 177 Examples of very good laced Fan-tails.

1882 Garden 7 Oct. 312/2 The edged, tipped, or laced Dahlias require a good deal of shading.

1888 Poultry 27 July 377 Hen nicely laced on breast.

1910 J. H. Drevenstedt Standard-bred Wyandottes 105/1 Plate 7 exhibits the laced feathers that form the wing bar of the male.

1921 Garden Mag. Jan. 227/1 (advt.) The finely laced flowers are of the most exquisite light blue shade.

1979 J. P. Dutton Plants Colonial Williamsburg 10 The laced pinks of Paisley are close contemporaries of the Paisley shawl.

2002 D. C. Stuart Plants that shaped our Gardens 178 The genus Primula included..more modern laced polyanthus.

2012 G. Damerow Chicken Encycl. 235/2 They have a rose comb and come in two laced varieties, golden and silver.

1883 Bazaar, Exchange & Mart 24 Dec. 677/1 The wheels have ‘laced spokes’.

1910 Evening News 5 Nov. 3/3 What with the dress guard and laced spokes, I defy but one of the most nimble fingered to get that lubricator open.

2011 A. M. Homan Life in Slipstream i. 4 Both wheels had laced spokes and solid rubber tires.

1819 Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. Jan. 230/2 There again is my banker's clerk, so stiff and so laced up, that he looks more like an Egyptian mummy than a man.

1894 D. Fulton Pract. Treat. Patents, Trade Marks & Designs iii. i. 145 The general appearance was similar to the admittedly more becoming appearance of a laced-up corset.

1914 I. G. Curtis Congresswoman xxviii. 351 I'm laced up an' buttoned in.

1984 J. A. Phillips Machine Dreams 169 They wore shabby coats and laced-up farmers' boots.

1997 J. Wilson Lottie Project (1998) 3 She had grey hair and grey eyes and a grey and white blouse and a grey skirt and laced-up shoes, with a laced-up expression on her face to match.

2016 Australian (Nexis) 5 July 3 In place of laced-up leather mini-dresses..were wool trench coats with satin lining.

1563 T. Newbery Diues Pragmaticus sig. Bj^v I haue all kynd of victuales,..and one principall dish: Called fine laced mutton, or what you can wish.

1567 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Little Bk. conc. Offences 96 Some Monkes flie out of their cages, to the entent they maye freely amonge vs feede on the laced mutton [L. venere], whiche there they doo but snatch at by stealth.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) i. i. 95 I (a lost-Mutton) gaue your Letter to her (a lac'd-Mutton) and she (a lac'd-Mutton) gaue mee (a lost-Mutton) nothing for my labour. View more context for this quotation

1675 T. Duffett Mock-tempest iii. i. 22 The pox will take him, for he is a Termagant at laced Mutton.

1722 Comical Pilgrim 19 He was struck blind, for his Sauciness of presuming to look at lac'd Mutton.

1840 Sunday Times 1 Mar. 5/5 In another [place] might be observed a ‘huge commodity of laced mutton’.

1979 G. Sorrento Mulligan Stew xii. 392 There was no plump laced mutton within twenty leagues that'd not come running just to ask my pleasure.

2009 S. Wiggs At Queen's Summons 113 I've been called far worse than whore, laced mutton, primped pigeon.

1650 Will of Mary Chapman 17 Apr. in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 221 I give vnto my daughter Anna..a greene chaire and foure laced stooles.

1929 N. Lloyd Building Craftsmanship i. 11/1 Another valley treatment, not so widely known, is what has been named the ‘Laced Valley’.

1984 Listener 11 Oct. 15/2 The tiled sides don't meet the main roof at a sharp angle, but are carried gently round on a curve—that's what's called a laced valley.

2011 C. Ryan Trad. Constr. Sustainable Future iii. 141 Stone tiles lent themselves to the creation of swept valleys or laced valleys.

1486 Coote Armuris sig. bii^v, in Bk. St. Albans A lassed cotarmure is on the moderis parte.

1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory f. 168 Gentilwomen borne, wedded to one, hauyng no cote Armoure, they hauyng issue a sonne,..The same sonne..may beare her cote armour, durynge his lyfe, with a dyfference Cynquefoyle, by the curtesye of armes, and this is called, a lased cote armour.

1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 66 She must be an heire to her auncestour, or els her issue can not beare the Laced coat.