English Dictionary: Mace | by the DICT Development Group |
5 results for Mace | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mace \Mace\, n. [Jav. & Malay. m[be]s, fr. Skr. m[be]sha a bean.] A money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael; also, a weight of 57.98 grains. --S. W. Williams. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mace \Mace\, n. [F. macis, L. macis, macir, Gr. [?]; cf. Skr. makaranda the nectar or honey of a flower, a fragrant mango.] (Bot.) A kind of spice; the aril which partly covers nutmegs. See {Nutmeg}. Note: Red mace is the aril of {Myristica tingens}, and white mace that of {M. Otoba}, -- East Indian trees of the same genus with the nutmeg tree. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mace \Mace\, n. [OF. mace, F. masse, from (assumed) L. matea, of which the dim. mateola a kind of mallet or beetle, is found.] 1. 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. --Chaucer. Death with his mace petrific . . . smote. --Milton. 2. Hence: A staff borne by, or carried before, a magistrate as an ensign of his authority. [bd]Swayed the royal mace.[b8] --Wordsworth. 3. An officer who carries a mace as an emblem of authority. --Macaulay. 4. A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it supple. 5. (Billiards) A rod for playing billiards, having one end suited to resting on the table and pushed with one hand. {Mace bearer}, an officer who carries a mace before person in authority. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
MACE A concurrent {object-oriented} language. |