Mace

mas, n. a staff used as an ensign of autho- rity the heavier rod used in billiards formerly, a weapon of offence, consisting of a staff headed with a heavy spiked ball of iron [O. Fr. maee (Fr. ma e —obs. L. mate a, whence L. dim. maUola, a mallet.] Ma.cn, mus, n. a spice, the second coat of the nutmeg. [Fr. mac is—L. macer—Gr. maker cf. Sans, makar-and a nectar of a flower.]