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Lacedemonians. 137 Lack-la fin.
1725. New Cant. Did., s.v.
1754. MARTIN, Eng. Did., s.v.
1785. GROSE, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
1811. Lex. Bal., s.v.
1830. MONCRIEFF, Heart of London,
ii. I. You'll make me LACE you presently,
if you don't mind-go on, Sir.
1847. C. BRONTE, Jane Evre, XXI.
LACE my quivering palm or shaking neck.
1859. MATSELL, Vocabulum, s.v.
3. (colloquial).-To wear tight
stays.
LACEDEMONIANS, subs. (military).-
The Forty-sixth Foot. [From its
Colonel making it a long speech
under a heavy fire about the Lacedemonians
and their discipline].
Also MURRAYS BUCKS, and THE
SURPRISERS.
LACED MUTTON, subs. phr. (old).-
A woman ; especially a wanton :
cf. MUTTON. For synonyms see
BARRACK-HACK and TART.
1578. WHETSTONE,PrOMOS and Cas.,
6, pl. i. p. 14. And I smealt he loved
LASE MUTTON well.
1595. SHAKSPEARE, 7wo Gentlemen
of Verona, i. 1. Ay, sir : I, a lost
mutton, gave your letter to her, a LAC'D
MUTTON; and she, a LAC'D MUTTON, gave
me, a lost mutton, nothing for my labour.
1596. NASHE, Have with You
[GRos ART (1885), iii. 61]. He that wold
not stick so to extoll stale rotten LAC'D
MUTTON, Will . . . sucke figges out of
an asses fundament.
1599. BRETON, IVil of Wit [GRO-
SART (1879), ii. C. 62/I. x8]. If your
stornache stande to flesh, eate of a little
warme MUTTON, but take heede it be
not LACED.
1602. MIDDLETON, Blurt Master
Constable, sign. B. Laz. Pilcher, Cupid
bath got me a stomacke, and I long
for LAC'D MUTTON. Pd. Plaine mutton
without a lace would serve.
1602. DEKKER,Honest Whore [DODS-
LEY, Old Plays, iii. 466]. The sturdy
beggar, and the lazy lown, Gets here
hard hands, or LAc'D correction.
1624. JoNsoN, Masque of Nefi. Triunzfth
[CUNNINGHAM, ill]. Cook. 0 whom
for mutton, or kid ? Chthi. A fine LAC'D
murroN Or two ; and either has her
frisking husband.
1690. B. E., Did. Cant. Crew, s.v.
1725. New Cant. Dict., s.v.
1785. GROSE, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
1811. Lex. Bal.,s.v. LACED MUTTON,
a prostitute.
1859. MATSELL, Vocabulum, S.V.
LACED MUTTON, a common woman.
LACING, subs. (common).-I. See
LACE, verb. sense 2.
2. (common).-Sce quot. 1690;
floliging ; a lashing.
1690. B. E., Diet. Cant. Crew,
S.V. LACING, Beating, Drubbing.
1785. GROSE, Vulg. Tongue, S.V.
LACING.
1835. HALIBURTON, C/OCkinaker,
S. ch. xiv. He would. . . . throw all
the blame on him and order him to have
an everlastin' LACIN' with the cowskin.'
LACH, verb. (American thieves').-
To let in.
1859. MATSELL, Vocabulum, S.V.
LACH. ' The cove is bene, shall we LACH
him ? " The man is good, shall we let
him in.'
LACK-LATIN, subs. (old).-An ignoramus:
specifically an unlettered
priest.
d.1555. LATIMER, Sermon, p. 304.
Some will say our curate is naught, an
ass-head, a dodipole, a LACK-LATIN.
1598. FLORIO, Worlde of Wordes.
Arlotto, the name of a merie priest, a
LACK LATINE or hedge-priest.
1598. Servingman's Comfort
[HAnATT : Roxburgh Library (1868),
Tracts, p. 103]. Hoe, syr John LACK-
LATTIN, you are out of the text.
1626. BRETON, Pasquil's Madcafifie
[GRosART (1879), i. e 612. 24]. Sir
John LACK LATINE with a face of brass.
1762. FOOTE, The Orators, i. I'll
step to the Bull and Gate, and call upon
Jerry LACK-LATIN.