Definition/Meaning of mace

• English - Noun: mace (plural maces) A heavy fighting club . 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 51: The Mace is an ancient weapon, formerly much used by cavalry of all nations, and likewise by ecclesiastics, who in consequence of their tenures, frequently took the field, but were by a canon of the church forbidden to wield the sword. A ceremonial form of this weapon. 1599 (date…
• English - Verb: mace (third-person singular simple present maces, present participle macing, simple past and past participle maced) To hit someone or something with a mace . mace (third-person singular simple present maces, present participle macing, simple past and past participle maced) To spray in defense or attack with mace ( pepper spray or tear gas ) using a hand-held device. 2011, Qui Nguyen, She Kills…
• English - Anagrams: acme , ACME , came , ECMA , eMac , EMAC
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. 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”). Etymology 2. From Middle English, from re-interpretation of macys as a plural (as with pea ); from Latin macir . Doublet of macir. Etymology 3. From the name of one…
• English - Pronunciation: IPA: /meɪs/ Rhymes: -eɪs