Needlework consisting of handmade lace made by looping and knotting a single thread on a small shuttle.

The act or art of making handmade lace.

synonym: lace making.

Polish: koronkarstwo, koronczarstwo

Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar.

synonyms: cheapness, sleaze, tackiness.

A projective technique using black-and-white pictures; subjects tell a story about each picture.

synonym: Thematic Apperception Test.

Make lacework by knotting or looping.

synonym: intertwine.

Roget 43: join, unite; conjoin, connect; associate; put together, lay together, clap together, hang together, lump together, hold together, piece together [Fr.], tack together, fix together, bind up together together; embody, reembody^†; roll into one.    attach, fix, affix, saddle on, fasten, bind, secure, clinch, twist, make fast etc. adj.; tie, pinion, string, strap, sew, lace, tat, stitch, tack, knit, button, buckle, hitch, lash, truss, bandage, braid, splice, swathe, gird, tether, moor, picket, harness, chain; fetter etc. (restrain) 751; lock, latch, belay, brace, hook, grapple, leash, couple, accouple^†, link, yoke, bracket; marry etc. (wed) 903; bridge over, span.    braze; pin, nail, bolt, hasp, clasp, clamp, crimp, screw, rivet; impact, solder, set; weld together, fuse together; wedge, rabbet, mortise, miter, jam, dovetail, enchase^†; graft, ingraft^†, inosculate^†; entwine, intwine^†; interlink, interlace, intertwine, intertwist^†, interweave; entangle; twine round, belay; tighten; trice up, screw up.    be joined &c.; hang together, hold together; cohere etc. 46.    ... show more

Roget 219: cross, decussate^†; intersect, interlace, intertwine, intertwist^†, interweave, interdigitate, interlink.    twine, entwine, weave, inweave^†, twist, wreathe; anastomose [Med.], inosculate^†, dovetail, splice, link; lace, tat.    mat, plait, plat, braid, felt, twill; tangle, entangle, ravel; net, knot; dishevel, raddle^†.    ... show more