A spice obtained from the outer layer of the kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg.
A heavy fighting club.
A long baton used by some drum majors to keep time and lead a marching band. If this baton is referred to as a mace, by convention it has a ceremonial often decorative head, which, if of metal, usually is hollow and sometimes intricately worked.
A ceremonial form of this weapon.
An officer who carries a mace as a token of authority.
An old money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael.
An old weight of 57.98 grains.
A knobbed mallet used by curriers make leather supple when dressing it.
Tear gas or pepper spray, especially for personal use.
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.
To hit someone or something with a mace.
The wood of a South American tree, Aniba rosaeodora, in the laurel family, with fragrant wood from which an essential oil is distilled.
Any of several dozen woods, resembling that of Dalbergia nigra in some respect.
Wood and plant of Pterocarpus spp., for example African rosewood or mukula or Burmese rosewood (Pterocarpus indicus, syn. Pterocarpus santalinus).
The fragrant wood of Dalbergia nigra, a Brazilian tree in the legume family, which has a sweet smell.