The meaning of Mace

Mace – definition

noun
A staff of office, especially that which lies on the table in the house of commons when the speaker is in the chair, regarded as a symbol of the authority of the house.
Usage examples:
The mace symbolises the authority of the speaker of the national assembly and its presence in the c…
noun
A heavy club with a spiked metal head.
Usage examples:
These weapons, such as clubs, maces, axes, and hammers, are as old as warfare and are certainly the…
Synonims:
Staff Club Cudgel Stick Shillelagh Bludgeon Blackjack Truncheon Cosh Life preserver
noun
An irritant chemical used in an aerosol to disable attackers.
Usage examples:
But it would be just my luck if the girl of my dreams took a dislike to me, had a big can of mace a…

noun
The reddish fleshy outer covering of the nutmeg, dried as a spice.
Usage examples:
Among the spices specified are ginger, nutmeg, mace, cloves, and saffron; caraway seeds seem always…

verb
Spray (someone) with mace.
Usage examples:
Three individuals were maced by an unknown male

noun
A brand name for a chemical in a container which, when sprayed into a person’s face, causes the eyes to sting and become full of tears

Mace translation into English

Mace: translate from English into Chinese

锤, 梲

Mace: translate from English into Dutch

Foelie, Strijdknots, Scepter, Staf, Goedendag, Keu, Zwendel

Mace: translate from English into French

Masse, Macis, Massue

Mace: translate from English into German

Morgenstern, Keule, Streitkolben, Muskatblüte, Stab, Mazis, Streitkeule, Amtstab

Mace: translate from English into Hindi

गदा, छड़ी, जावित्र, अध्यक्ष-दण्ड, राजदंड, चोब

Mace: translate from English into Italian

Mazza

Mace: translate from English into Korean

메이스, 홀, 무거운 경찰봉, 철퇴의 일종, 곤봉 모양의 권표, 끝이 납작한 공을 치는 막대, 메이스로 공격하다, 메이스로 진압하다, 폭도 등을 메이스로 공격하다, 폭도 등을 메이스로 진압하다

Mace: translate from English into Russian

Булава, Жезл, Мускатный цвет, Мускатный орех, Мазик, Деревянный молоток

Mace: translate from English into Spanish

Mazo, Maza, Macis

Word origin

1960s (originally US): probably from mace1.

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Mace – similar words

maced

verb
Spray (someone) with mace.
Usage examples:
Three individuals were maced by an unknown male

noun
A staff of office, especially that which lies on the table in the house of commons when the speaker is in the chair, regarded as a symbol of the authority of the house.
Usage examples:
The mace symbolises the authority of the speaker of the national assembly and its presence in the c…

noun
A heavy club with a spiked metal head.
Usage examples:
These weapons, such as clubs, maces, axes, and hammers, are as old as warfare and are certainly the…

All meanings and translations of Maced

Mace synonims

blackjack

noun
A gambling card game in which players try to acquire cards with a face value totalling 21 and no more.
Usage examples:
The site offers slots, roulette and animated card games including poker and blackjack.

noun
A type of card game played for money

All meanings and translations of Blackjack

bludgeon

noun
A thick stick with a heavy end, used as a weapon.
Usage examples:
Maces and spiked bludgeons

verb
Beat (someone) repeatedly with a bludgeon or other heavy object.
Usage examples:
She was found bludgeoned to death in the basement

verb
To hit someone hard and repeatedly with a heavy weapon
Usage examples:
He was bludgeoned to death.

All meanings and translations of Bludgeon

club

noun
An association dedicated to a particular interest or activity.
Usage examples:
I belong to a photographic club

verb
Combine with others so as to collect a sum of money for a particular purpose.
Usage examples:
Friends and colleagues clubbed together to buy him a present

verb
Beat (a person or animal) with a club or similar implement.
Usage examples:
The islanders clubbed whales to death

All meanings and translations of Club

cosh

noun
A thick, heavy stick or bar used as a weapon.
Usage examples:
The defendants deny having a self-loading pistol and a telescopic cosh

verb
Hit (someone) on the head with a cosh.
Usage examples:
The other coshed him and he fell unconscious

abbreviation
Hyperbolic cosine.

All meanings and translations of Cosh

cudgel

noun
A short, thick stick used as a weapon.
Usage examples:
The notion that peace demonstrators had arrived at a demonstration tooled-up with cudgels and sword…

verb
Beat with a cudgel.
Usage examples:
They would lie in wait and cudgel her to death

All meanings and translations of Cudgel

shillelagh

noun
A thick stick of blackthorn or oak used in ireland, typically as a weapon.
Usage examples:
Our whacking shillelaghs came over their heads,

All meanings and translations of Shillelagh

staff

noun
All the people employed by a particular organization.
Usage examples:
A staff of 600

verb
Another term for stave (sense 2).

noun
A mixture of plaster of paris, cement, or a similar material, used for temporary building work.
Usage examples:
Staff may easily be bent, sawed, bored, or nailed.

All meanings and translations of Staff

stick

noun
A thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree.
Usage examples:
Hayes picked up a fallen stick and twirled it idly between his fingers.

verb
Push a sharp or pointed object into or through (something).
Usage examples:
He stuck his fork into the sausage

verb
A long thin implement resembling a length of wood

All meanings and translations of Stick

truncheon

noun
A short, thick stick carried as a weapon by a police officer.
Usage examples:
Rowan and mayne limited constables' weapons to the truncheon, carried concealed until 1863.

All meanings and translations of Truncheon

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