Definition of mace

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Mace (n.) A kind of spice; the aril which partly covers nutmegs. See Nutmeg.

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Macedonian :: Macedonian (a.) Belonging, or relating, to Macedonia..
Mace :: Mace (n.) A staff borne by, or carried before, a magistrate as an ensign of his authority..
Cachalot :: Cachalot (n.) The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). It has in the top of its head a large cavity, containing an oily fluid, which, after death, concretes into a whitish crystalline substance called spermaceti. See Sperm whale..
Curacoa :: Curacoa (n.) A liqueur, or cordial, flavored with orange peel, cinnamon, and mace; -- first made at the island of Curaccao..
Druggist :: Druggist (n.) One who deals in drugs; especially, one who buys and sells drugs without compounding them; also, a pharmaceutist or apothecary..
Retting :: Retting (n.) The act or process of preparing flax for use by soaking, maceration, and kindred processes; -- also called rotting. See Ret..
Methal :: Methal (n.) A white waxy substance, found in small quantities in spermaceti as an ethereal salt of several fatty acids, and regarded as an alcohol of the methane series..
Sperm :: Sperm (n.) Spermaceti.
Subgovernor :: Subglumaceous (a.) Somewhat glumaceous.
Reed-mace :: Reed-mace (n.) The cat-tail.
Cetene :: Cetene (n.) An oily hydrocarbon, C16H32, of the ethylene series, obtained from spermaceti..
Macerating :: Macerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Macerat.
Cheese :: Cheese (n.) A mass of pomace, or ground apples, pressed together in the form of a cheese..
Philippian :: Philippian (a.) Of or pertaining to Philippi, a city of ancient Macedonia..
Macerate :: Macerate (v. t.) To soften by steeping in a liquid, with or without heat; to wear away or separate the parts of by steeping; as, to macerate animal or vegetable fiber..
Pharmaceutist :: Pharmaceutist (n.) One skilled in pharmacy; a druggist. See the Note under Apothecary.
Macerate :: Macerate (v. t.) To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to mortify.
Macerater :: Macerater (n.) One who, or that which, macerates; an apparatus for converting paper or fibrous matter into pulp..
Sceptre :: Sceptre (n.) A staff or baton borne by a sovereign, as a ceremonial badge or emblem of authority; a royal mace..
Arillus :: Arillus (n.) A exterior covering, forming a false coat or appendage to a seed, as the loose, transparent bag inclosing the seed or the white water lily. The mace of the nutmeg is also an aril..
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