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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Mace

Māçe, n.

noun

n. [O. Fr. mace, mache, N. Fr. masse, a club; Pr. massa, Sp. & Pg. maza, It. mazza, fr. Lat. as if mattea, of which the dim. mateola, a kind of mallet or beetle, is still existing.]

  1. A heavy staff or club of metal, used as a weapon in the days of chivalry. “A leaden mace.” Shak. “A heavy iron mace.” Knolles.
  2. Hence, a staff borne by, or carried before, a magistrate as an ensign of his authority; a scepter. “Swayed the royal mace.” Wordsworth.
  3. The heavier rod used in billiards.
An ornate ceremonial mace with a decorated head and a long slender shaft.
Mace.

Māçe, n.

noun

n. [It. mace, macis, Sp. macius, macis, Pr. & Fr. macis, Lat. macis, macir, Gr. μάκερ. Cf. Skr. makar-anda, the nectar or honey of a flower, a fragrant mango.] A certain spice; the second coat or aril which covers the nutmeg, a thin and membranaceous substance, of an oleaginous nature and yellowish color, being in flakes divided into many ramifications. It is extremely fragrant and aromatic.