(mās) noun
1. A club–shaped staff of office borne before officials or displayed on the table of a legislative body.
2. A medieval steel war club, often with spiked metal head, for use against armor.
3. A person who carries a mace, as in a ceremony.
4. A curriers' knobbed mallet for softening hides.
5. A flat–headed form of billiard cue, formerly used on pocket tables. [<OF masse, mace. Cf. LL matteola a mallet.]

(mās) noun
An aromatic spice made from the covering of nutmeg seed. [<OF macis <L macir <Gk. maker a spicy bark from India]

(mās) noun
A chemical solution similar to tear gas that temporarily blinds or incapacitates one when sprayed in the face, used as a weapon.
—v.t. Maced, Mac·ing To spray with Mace. [<Chemical Mace, a trade name]
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