Noun
a ceremonial staff carried as a symbol of office or authority

Noun
spice made from the dried fleshy covering of the nutmeg seed

Noun
an official who carries a mace of office

Noun
(trademark) a liquid that temporarily disables a person; prepared as an aerosol and sprayed in the face, it irritates the eyes and causes dizziness and immobilization

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A money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael; also, a weight of 57.98 grains.

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A kind of spice; the aril which partly covers nutmegs. See Nutmeg.

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A heavy staff or club of metal; a spiked club; -- used as weapon in war before the general use of firearms, especially in the Middle Ages, for breaking metal armor.

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A staff borne by, or carried before, a magistrate as an ensign of his authority.

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An officer who carries a mace as an emblem of authority.

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A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it supple.

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A rod for playing billiards, having one end suited to resting on the table and pushed with one hand.

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Mace

Mace , n. [Jav. & Malay. m'bes, fr. Skr. m'besha a bean.] A money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael; also, a weight of 57.98 grains. S. W. Williams.

Mace

Mace , n. [F. macis, L. macis, macir, Gr. ; cf. Skr. makaranda the nectar or honey of a flower, a fragrant mango.] (Bot.) A kind of spice; the aril which partly covers nutmegs. See Nutmeg. &hand; Red mace is the aril of Myristica tingens, and white mace that of M. Otoba, -- East Indian trees of the same genus with the nutmeg tree.

Mace

Mace, n. [OF. mace, F. masse, from (assumed) L. matea, of which the dim. mateola a kind of mallet or beetle, is found.] 1. A heavy staff or club of metal; a spiked club; -- used as weapon in war before the general use of firearms, especially in the Middle Ages, for breaking metal armor. Chaucer.

Death with his mace petrific . . . smote.

2. Hence: A staff borne by, or carried before, a magistrate as an ensign of his authority. "Swayed the royal mace." Wordsworth. 3. An officer who carries a mace as an emblem of authority. Macaulay. 4. A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it supple. 5. (Billiards) A rod for playing billiards, having one end suited to resting on the table and pushed with one hand. Mace bearer, an officer who carries a mace before person in authority.

A money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael; also, a weight of 57.98 grains.

A kind of spice; the aril which partly covers nutmegs. See Nutmeg.

A heavy staff or club of metal; a spiked club; -- used as weapon in war before the general use of firearms, especially in the Middle Ages, for breaking metal armor.