mace
IPA: mˈeɪs
noun
- A heavy fighting club.
- A ceremonial form of this weapon.
- A long baton used by some drum majors to keep time and lead a marching band. If this baton is referred to as a mace, by convention it has a ceremonial often decorative head, which, if of metal, usually is hollow and sometimes intricately worked.
- An officer who carries a mace as a token of authority.
- A knobbed mallet used by curriers make leather supple when dressing it.
- (archaic) A billiard cue.
- A spice obtained from the outer layer of the kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg.
- Tear gas or pepper spray, especially for personal use.
- An old money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael.
- An old weight of 57.98 grains, approximately 3.8 grams.
- (countable) A male given name, a name derived from the war instrument, a mace
- (countable) A surname.
- An English surname transferred from the given name.
- A surname from Norman.
- An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Indiana, United States.
- Alternative letter-case form of mace (tear gas or pepper spray) [A heavy fighting club.]
- (medicine) Initialism of major adverse cardiovascular event.
verb
- To hit someone or something with a mace.
- 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.
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Examples of "mace" in Sentences
- Mace spray was invented in 1968.
- Other signs of power are the mace and the sword.
- A variation of the flail is called a chain mace.
- If mace get in your eyes and it'll ruin your day.
- Usage of mace is very effective when scattering the crowd.
- Keith Martin challenges the symbolism of the Canadian Mace.
- The wind blew the mace and it fell to ground, bouncing once.
- The discus and the mace symbolize dynamic power, energy and prowess.
- Add a quart of boiling milk, with pepper, mace according to your taste.
- Police moved in on the crowd, firing pepper balls and mace into the crowd.
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