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[meɪs], (Noun)
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- 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
- a heavy club with a spiked metal head
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Middle English: from Old French masse ‘large hammer’
[meɪs], (Noun)
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- the reddish fleshy outer covering of the nutmeg, dried as a spice
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Middle English macis (taken as plural), via Old French from Latin macir
[meɪs], (Noun)
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- an irritant chemical used in an aerosol to disable attackers
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Origin
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1960s (originally US): probably from mace
[meɪs], (Verb)
Definitions:
- spray (someone) with Mace
(e.g: three individuals were Maced by an unknown male)
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1960s (originally US): probably from mace
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