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Mace, chemical sprayMace, chemical spray device used by police in riot control. Mace is ordinary tear gas tear gas, gas that causes temporary blindness through the excessive flow of tears resulting from irritation of the eyes. The gas is used in chemical warfare and as a means for dispersing mobs...... Click the link for more information. (chloroacetophenone, or CN) in a volatile solvent contained in a spray can. It causes severe lacrimation and temporary blindness. If sprayed directly into the face from a distance of less than 6 ft (1.8 m), it may cause permanent injury. mace, in botany and cookingmace, in botany and cooking: see nutmeg nutmeg, name applied to members of the family Myristicaceae. The true nutmeg (Myristica fragrans) is an evergreen tree native to the Moluccas but now cultivated elsewhere in the tropics and to a limited extent in S Florida...... Click the link for more information. . mace 1. Military a club, usually having a spiked metal head, used esp in the Middle Ages 2. a ceremonial staff of office carried by certain officials 3. Sport an early form of billiard cue mace [mās] (food engineering) Spice made from the covering of the nutmeg. mace ceremonial staff carried as a symbol of office and authority. [Western Culture: Misc.] See : Authority
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Lycurgus killed him, not in fair fight, but by entrapping him in a narrow way where his mace served him in no stead; for Lycurgus was too quick for him and speared him through the middle, so he fell to earth on his back. I had judged the strength of the lever pretty correctly, for it snapped after a minute's strain, and I rejoined her with a mace in my hand more than sufficient, I judged, for any Morlock skull I might encounter. During this time the executioner had raised his mace, and signed to them to get out of the way; the criminal strove to rise, but, ere he had time, the mace fell on his left temple. |
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