mace
noun
- weapon
- spice
- unit of weight and currency
verb
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Pronunciation: /meɪs/
name
Etymology: * As an English surname, from the personal name Masse, probably shortened from Matthew. Compare Massey, Massett. * As a French and Breton surname, from Macé, vernacular form of Mathieu. Compare Maze. * Also as a French surname, from Macé in Orne, from Late Latin Macciacum, from the personal name Maccius. * Also as a French surname, variant of Massé; see Masse.
- Alternative letter-case form of mace (tear gas or pepper spray)
- A male given name, a name derived from the war instrument, a mace
- A surname.
“Prior to the House passing the legislation, only four Republicans had joined all Democrats in signing a petition to force a vote - Thomas Massie, Lauren Boebert, Nancy Mace and Marjorie Taylor Greene.”
- A surname.
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Walnut Township, Montgomery County, Indiana, United States.
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Javanese [Term?] and Malay [Term?], meaning "a bean".
- 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.
“The decimals of the tael, called mace, candareen, and cash (tsien, fǎn, and li) , are employed in reckoning bullion.”
verb
Etymology: 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).
- To spray in defense or attack with mace (pepper spray or tear gas) using a hand-held device.
- To spray a similar noxious chemical in defense or attack using an available hand-held device such as an aerosol spray can.
“When Reynaldo and Willie had burst into Larkey's drug store to confront him, the old man had maced Willie square in the eyes with an aerosol can of spermicidal birth-control foam.”