mace
mays
- n (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
- n an official who carries a mace of office
- n spice made from the dried fleshy covering of the nutmeg seed
- n a ceremonial staff carried as a symbol of office or authority
- The mace (which has no counterpart in either Senate or Supreme Court) is an impressive, 46-in.
- While fortunes were being made in Asian, African and American commerce, European food was laced with excessive quantities of nutmeg, mace, ginger, black pepper and cinnamon.
- He described the sufferings of some fellow prisoners: "They hang you upside down, and then someone beats you with a mace on your legs or on your genitals, or they lower you down .