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mace

Part of Speech: noun

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            1.                                             A                                                         money                                                         of                                                         account                                                         in                                                         China                                                         equal                                                         to                                                         one                                                         tenth                                                         of                                                           a                                                         tael;                                                         also,                                                           a                                                         weight                                                         of                                                           57.                                                          98                                                         grains.                                    

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

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

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

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

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

            7.                                             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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Add the herbs, mace, pepper, and onions, and stock or water; cover the pan with a closely- fitting lid, and simmer for 2 hours, shaking the stewpan occasionally. - "The Book of Household Management", Mrs. Isabella Beeton.
Or, maybe, all is bright with pleasure- seeking crowds and ladies decked in all their bravery, and just a glimpse is caught of scarlet and of black, with gleam of silver mace, as the Vice- Chancellor's procession goes to give degrees. - "Oxford", Frederick Douglas How.
But these Saxons are getting uppermost again, and the yard measure, I fear me, is more potent in these holiday times than the mace or the battle- axe. - "The Last Of The Barons, Complete", Edward Bulwer-Lytton.

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