noun (n)

• a small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage(noun.food)

  source: wordnet30
• a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)(noun.artifact)

  Synonym:
  lace
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  beating, drubbing, licking, thrashing, trouncing, whacking
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of securing, fastening, or tightening, with a lace or laces.(noun)

  source: webster1913