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Allspice and Mace Definitions

Allspice

An evergreen tree (Pimenta dioica) native to the West Indies, Mexico, and Central America, having opposite, simple leaves and white flowers clustered in cymes.

Mace

A ceremonial staff borne or displayed as the symbol of authority of a legislative body.

Allspice

The dried, nearly ripe berries of this plant, used as a spice. In both senses also called pimento.

Mace

A macebearer.

Allspice

(uncountable) A spice; the dried and ground unripe fruit of Pimenta dioica, thought to combine the flavours of several spices, such as cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.

Mace

A heavy medieval war club with a spiked or flanged metal head, used to crush armor.
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Allspice

(countable) Pimenta dioica, an evergreen tree of tropical America with aromatic berries.

Mace

A thin fleshy red covering that surrounds the kernel of the nutmeg, dried and used as a spice.

Allspice

The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the name. The name is also given to other aromatic shrubs; as, the Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus); wild allspice (Lindera benzoin), called also spicebush, spicewood, and feverbush.

Mace

A heavy fighting club.

Allspice

Aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries

Mace

A ceremonial form of this weapon.
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Allspice

Deciduous shrubs having aromatic bark; eastern China; southwestern and eastern United States

Mace

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.

Allspice

Ground dried berrylike fruit of a West Indian allspice tree; suggesting combined flavors of cinnamon and nutmeg and cloves

Mace

An officer who carries a mace as a token of authority.

Mace

A knobbed mallet used by curriers make leather supple when dressing it.

Mace

(archaic) A billiard cue.
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Mace

An old money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael.

Mace

An old weight of 57.98 grains.

Mace

A spice obtained from the outer layer of the kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg.

Mace

Tear gas or pepper spray, especially for personal use.

Mace

To hit someone or something with a mace.

Mace

To spray in defense or attack with mace (pepper spray or tear gas) using a hand-held device.

Mace

(informal) To spray a similar noxious chemical in defense or attack using an available hand-held device such as an aerosol spray can.

Mace

A money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael; also, a weight of 57.98 grains.

Mace

A kind of spice; the aril which partly covers nutmegs. See Nutmeg.

Mace

A heavy staff or club of metal; a spiked club; - used as weapon in war before the general use of firearms, especially in the Middle Ages, for breaking metal armor.
Death with his mace petrific . . . smote.

Mace

A staff borne by, or carried before, a magistrate as an ensign of his authority.

Mace

An officer who carries a mace as an emblem of authority; a macebearer.

Mace

A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it supple.

Mace

A rod for playing billiards, having one end suited to resting on the table and pushed with one hand.

Mace

A chemical preparation containing tear gas in a solvent, packaged in the form of a spray, and used to temporarily incapacitate people, such as rioters or criminals, by causing intense eye and skin irritation; also called chemical mace. It is designed to be a non-lethal weapon for defending against violent people.

Mace

(trademark) a liquid that temporarily disables a person; prepared as an aerosol and sprayed in the face, it irritates the eyes and causes dizziness and immobilization

Mace

An official who carries a mace of office

Mace

Spice made from the dried fleshy covering of the nutmeg seed

Mace

A ceremonial staff carried as a symbol of office or authority

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