Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
OF. mace, F. masse, from (assumed) L. matea, of which the dim. mateola, a kind of mallet or beetle, is found
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
O. Fr. macis—L. macer—Gr. maker.
In literature:
Boil three pounds of veal with a handful of sweet herbs, and a little mace; when well boiled strain it through a sieve, skim off all the fat.
"The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;" by Charlotte Campbell Bury
Masonry, even to-day, raises around it her mace.
"The Book of Khalid" by Ameen Rihani
The troupe is headed by a brace of blacks, who carry banners with passing strange devices, and a dancing mace-bearer.
"The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba" by Walter Goodman
And first vpon thy Sister lay thy mace, Bid her maintayne my Loues maiestick grace.
"Seven Minor Epics of the English Renaissance (1596-1624)" by Dunstan Gale
Some regiments carried, in addition to the spears, heavy maces, others axes.
"The Cat of Bubastes" by G. A. Henty
Chop the onions and peppers, add tomatoes peeled and chopped; sugar, salt, mustard seed, mace, pepper, cinnamon and vinegar.
"Stevenson Memorial Cook Book" by Various
Mix and sift flour, baking powder, mace and salt.
"Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners" by Elizabeth O. Hiller
Hercules had reserved this glory for him; and smiling with satisfaction he raised the mace, striding straight toward the African.
"Sónnica" by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
Valentine Kalondai thereupon shoved back his presidential chair, laid down his mace, girded on his sword, and donned his hat.
"Pretty Michal" by Mór Jókai
Mix these thoroughly, pound them together, and season highly with salt and cayenne, and a trifle of mace.
"Dressed Game and Poultry à la Mode" by Harriet A. de Salis
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In poetry:
Some time within my sleep
The night crushed in upon me like a mace.
How soon I woke I know not. On my face
I felt my warm blood creep.
"The Revenge" by George Sterling
The youthful Count his ponderous mace
With lion's rage swung round;
Destruction stalked before his face,
While groans and howlings filled the place
And hundreds bit the ground.
"Count Eberhard, The Groaner Of Wurtembert. A War Song" by Friedrich von Schiller
Their deeds of mercy and of arms,
In peaceful days, or war's alarms,
When thou dost show.
O Death, thy stern and angry face,
One stroke of thy all-powerful mace
Can overthrow.
"Coplas De Manrique (From The Spanish)" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
(He could but thwart it with creative mace. . . .)
And now it rose about the heavenly Base,
Mordant at pillars rotten through and through
Of Matter's last, most firm abiding-place.
"The Abyss Triumphant" by Clark Ashton Smith
Three days since, at the time of prayer,
A certain Moollah, with his robe
All rent, and dust upon his hair,
Watched my lord's coming forth, and pushed
The golden mace-bearers aside,
And fell at the King's feet, and cried:--
"Stanzas In Memory Of The Author Of 'Obermann'" by Matthew Arnold
I don't mind kings and dukes and things;
I don't mind wigs or maces;
I don't mind crowns or robes or gowns
Or ruffles, swords or laces -
But what I do object to, and some others more than I,
Are the mad old, bad old practices these baubles signify.
"A Few Remarks on Goats, Asses and the Dead Hand" by C J Dennis
In news:
Scott Mace, for HealthLeaders Media, April 17, 2012.
Scott Mace, for HealthLeaders Media, September 20, 2012.
Scott Mace, for HealthLeaders Media, September 13, 2012.
Citrus zest and mace create delicious shortbread .
Certificates were given to Maxine Mace as chairman of the Service for Veterans Committee and Pat Sammons for her work in the Every Name Indexing Project.
Andrew Boucher is a partner at Mace & Boucher Consulting.
Who knew Sam Worthington is a method actor because right after he was pepper sprayed in Atlanta this weekend, he claimed he was a DEA agent and threatened the bouncer who maced him -- so claims the very pissed off bouncer .
Citrus zest and mace create delicious shortbread.
Armed robber on the loose after macing store clerk .
(10TV) Columbus Police sprayed Mace on several people in a crowd that had gathered to sign up for a list to get subsidized housing at a northwest Columbus apartment complex.
Visitors to Sundstrom Hill Winery on Saturday will enjoy wine tastings and music by Custom Neon from noon to 4 pm The winery is at 2744 Del Rio Place in Mace Ranch.
Lorna Kathleen ( Cutter ) Mace, 92, of Petersburg, W.Va.
Mace, dogged by legacy issues, makes progress.
Mace sells digital media biz for $1.1 million, settles with ex-CEO.
Davis Senior Center, 646 A St. Nugget Market, 1414 E Covell Blvd and 409 Mace Blvd.
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In science:
Some of the most important parameters of these telescopes are listed in Table 6. A new addition to the list of new IACTs is MACE, an Indian look-alike of MAGIC; its parameters were described at this meeting.
Status of VHE Astronomy c.2000
The MACE instrument is being designed as two very large (21 m diameter) imaging Cherenkov telescopes for future deployment at Hanle [128].
The Status of VHE Gamma-Ray Astronomy
With its large size and high-altitude site, MACE should have a trigger energy threshold well below 50 GeV.
The Status of VHE Gamma-Ray Astronomy
Designs for MACE are currently in the advanced stages with a 4-5 yr construction period envisioned.
The Status of VHE Gamma-Ray Astronomy
Tseytlin, Born-Infeld action, supersymmetry and string theory, in The Many Maces of the Superworld, ed. M.
Higher order terms in the non-abelian D-brane effective action and magnetic background fields
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