Definition of mace

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Mace (n.) A kind of spice; the aril which partly covers nutmegs. See Nutmeg.

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Mace :: Mace (n.) A rod for playing billiards, having one end suited to resting on the table and pushed with one hand..
Ret :: Ret (v. t.) To prepare for use, as flax, by separating the fibers from the woody part by process of soaking, macerating, and other treatment..
Mace :: Mace (n.) A money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael; also, a weight of 57.98 grains..
Pharmacy :: Pharmacy (n.) The art or practice of preparing and preserving drugs, and of compounding and dispensing medicines according to prescriptions of physicians; the occupation of an apothecary or a pharmaceutical chemist..
Grimaced :: Grimaced (a.) Distorted; crabbed.
Gemmaceous :: Gemmaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to gems or to gemmae; of the nature of, or resembling, gems or gemmae..
Bain-marie :: Bain-marie (n.) A vessel for holding hot water in which another vessel may be heated without scorching its contents; -- used for warming or preparing food or pharmaceutical preparations.
Macerated :: Macerated (imp. & p. p.) of Macerat.
Insuccation :: Insuccation (n.) The act of soaking or moistening; maceration; solution in the juice of herbs.
Mace :: Mace (n.) A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it supple.
Hecdecane :: Hecdecane (n.) A white, semisolid, spermaceti-like hydrocarbon, C16H34, of the paraffin series, found dissolved as an important ingredient of kerosene, and so called because each molecule has sixteen atoms of carbon; -- called also hexadecane..
Irpe :: Irpe (n.) A fantastic grimace or contortion of the body.
Steep :: Steep (v. t.) To soak in a liquid; to macerate; to extract the essence of by soaking; as, to soften seed by steeping it in water. Often used figuratively..
Macerate :: Macerate (v. t.) To make lean; to cause to waste away.
Curacoa :: Curacoa (n.) A liqueur, or cordial, flavored with orange peel, cinnamon, and mace; -- first made at the island of Curaccao..
Spermaceti :: Spermaceti (n.) A white waxy substance obtained from cavities in the head of the sperm whale, and used making candles, oilments, cosmetics, etc. It consists essentially of ethereal salts of palmitic acid with ethal and other hydrocarbon bases. The substance of spermaceti after the removal of certain impurities is sometimes called cetin..
Pharmaceutist :: Pharmaceutist (n.) One skilled in pharmacy; a druggist. See the Note under Apothecary.
Cetylic :: Cetylic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, spermaceti..
Mace :: Mace (n.) An officer who carries a mace as an emblem of authority.
Ciderkin :: Ciderkin (n.) A kind of weak cider made by steeping the refuse pomace in water.
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