Word: lacing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...ever delightful, to pursue it in one of these comfortable, roomy seats, with heavy and artistic window-curtains to give it an indescribable air of cozy seclusion, must give it an added charm. There is a wonderful taste shown in many of these rooms. The students have wisely avoided lace curtains and all the lighter adornments that require a woman's presence to harmonize. There is a kind of masculine individuality in their house furnishing that indicates the fitness of things. The books and pictures are, some of them, of great value. Although the dark, neutral tints of walls...
Among many things found in the Mechanics fair building after the Tigers' ball, were two gold bracelets, one cape overcoat, two overcoats, a Japanese fan, a shawl, three lace handkerchiefs, and a man's felt...
...neck held lovingly by lace...
...suffused the tear-stained cheek of the maiden as she saw a frill of "Hamburg edging" peeping from under the modest coat-sleeve of the youth. He gave one look, and a long, convulsive shudder shook his manly frame as he perceived a shirt-button peeping from beneath the lace about her neck...
...lace and silken sheen...