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point lace

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point lace
n.
See needlepoint.
point lace
n
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) lace made by a needle with buttonhole stitch on a paper pattern Also called needlepoint Compare pillow lace
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Noun1.point lacepoint lace - lace worked with a needle in a buttonhole stitch on a paper pattern
needlepoint
lace - a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns


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Night-hawk was Jerry called; but no more lustrous or cleaner hansom than his ever closed its doors upon point lace and November violets.
The Four Million by Henry, O. View in context
I have laid it at the bottom of my chest under my point lace, which keeps it dry, without pressing upon it.
The Black Tulip by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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