subs. (common).—1. See LACE, verb. sense 2.
2. (common).—See quot. 1696; flogging; a lashing.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. LACING, Beating, Drubbing.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v. LACING.
1835. HALIBURTON (‘Sam Slick’), The Clockmaker, 1. S. ch. xiv. ‘He would … throw all the blame on him and order him to have an everlastin’ LACIN’ with the cowskin.’
