FinnHun Finnish-Hungarian-English on-line dictionary and thesaurus

n A heavy fighting club.

n A ceremonial form of this weapon.

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

n A common name for some types of tear gas and pepper spray.

n 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.

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

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

v To hit someone or something with a mace#English | mace.