mace
A heavy fighting clubA heavy fighting club.
» Tom got maced.
Meaning
11 sensesA heavy fighting club.
A ceremonial form of this weapon.
Streitkolben, Amtsstab
булава́bulavá, па́лицаpálica, жезлžezl
па́лицяpálycja, булава́bulavá
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.
an official who carries a mace of office
A knobbed mallet used by curriers to make leather supple when dressing it.
A flail.
(uncountable)A spice obtained from the outer layer of the kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg.
Macis, Muskatblüte
ма́цисmácis, муска́тный цветmuskátnyj cvet
ма́цисmácys, муска́тний цвітmuskátnyj cvit, муска́тний квітmuskátnyj kvit
spice made from the dried fleshy covering of the nutmeg seed
(countable, uncountable)Tear gas or pepper spray, especially for personal use.
Reizstoff
слезоточи́вый газslezotočívyj gaz
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.
(archaic)A billiard cue.
Examples
4 sentencesTom got maced.
Someone sprayed mace and everyone started coughing.
One gladiator's weapon of choice is the mace, while the other's is a sword.
deDer eine Gladiator bevorzugt den Streitkolben als Waffe, der andere das Schwert.
Elizabeth got maced.
ruЭлизабет получила порцию слезогонки.
deElisabeth war Tränengas ausgesetzt.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 4
By meaning 4
Origin
From Middle English mace, borrowed from Old French mace, mache, from Vulgar Latin *mattia,From Middle English mace, borrowed from Old French mace, mache, from Vulgar Latin *mattia, *mattea, matia, (compare Italian mazza, Spanish maza), probably from Proto-West Germanic *mattjō (“cutting tool, hoe”).
From Middle English, from re-interpretation of macys as a plural (as with pea); from Latin macir. Doublet of macir.
From the name of one brand of the spray, Mace. Pepper spray may be derived from cayenne pepper, but not from mace (etymology 2 above), which is a different spice; rather, it was named after the weapon (etymology 1).
Borrowed from Javanese [Term?] and Malay [Term?], meaning "a bean".
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Forms
plural: macesSynonyms
5 synonyms- (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:Chemical Mace
- an official who carries a mace of office:macebearermacer