MACE

mace

(noun) a ceremonial staff carried as a symbol of office or authority

mace

(noun) spice made from the dried fleshy covering of the nutmeg seed

macebearer, mace, macer

(noun) an official who carries a mace of office

Mace, Chemical Mace

(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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

mace (plural maces)

A heavy fighting club.

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

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

(archaic) A billiard cue.

Verb

mace (third-person singular simple present maces, present participle macing, simple past and past participle maced)

To hit someone or something with a mace.

Etymology 2

Noun

mace (plural maces)

An old money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael.

An old weight of 57.98 grains.

Etymology 3

Noun

mace

A spice obtained from the outer layer of the kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg.

Etymology 4

Noun

mace (plural maces)

Tear gas or pepper spray, especially for personal use.

Verb

mace (third-person singular simple present maces, present participle macing, simple past and past participle maced)

To spray in defense or attack with mace (pepper spray or tear gas) using a hand-held device.

(informal) To spray a similar noxious chemical in defense or attack using an available hand-held device such as an aerosol spray can.

Anagrams

• ACME, Acme, ECMA, EMAC, acme, came, eMac

Proper noun

Mace

Alternative letter-case form of mace (tear gas or pepper spray)

Anagrams

• ACME, Acme, ECMA, EMAC, acme, came, eMac

Source: Wiktionary

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Mace, n. Etym: [Jav. & Malay. mas, fr. Skr. masha a bean.]

Definition: A money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael; also, a weight of 57.98 grains. S. W. Williams.

Mace, n. Etym: [F. macis, L. macis, macir, Gr. makaranda the nectar or honey of a flower, a fragrant mango.] (Bot.)

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

Note: 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, n. Etym: [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. Milton.

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)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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