Noun

(en noun)

A heavy fighting club.

* 1786', The '''Mace is an ancient weapon, formerly much used by cavalry of all nations, and likewise by ecclesiastics, who in consequence of their tenures, frequently took the field, but were by a canon of the church forbidden to wield the sword. — Francis Grose, ''A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 51.

A ceremonial form of this weapon.

* 1598', I am a king that find thee; and I know 'Tis not the balm, the sceptre, and the ball, The sword, the '''mace , the crown imperial, The intertissued robe of gold and pearl... — William Shakespeare, ''Henvry V , Act IV, Scene I, line 259.

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.

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

(Macaulay)

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

(archaic) A billiard cue.

Noun

(en noun)

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

An old weight of 57.98 grains.

Noun

(en noun)

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

* 1610 , William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale , Act IV, Scene III, line 45.

I must have saffron to color the warden pies; mace ; dates, none -- that's out of my note; nutmegs, seven; a race or two of ginger, but that I may beg; four pounds of prunes, and as many of raisins o' th' sun.

Noun

(en noun)

A common name for some types of tear gas.

By extension, a common name for some types of pepper spray.

By generalization, a name for personal tear gas and pepper spray.

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) Passage, route.

# (obsolete) One's journey or route.

# (obsolete) A passage through difficult terrain; a mountain pass or route vulnerable to ambush etc.

#* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.1:

But when she saw them gone she forward went, / As lay her journey, through that perlous Pace [...].

# (obsolete) An aisle in a church.

Step.

# A step taken with the foot.

# The distance covered in a step (or sometimes two), either vaguely or according to various specific set measurements. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement : English Customary Weights and Measures, © Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (§: Distance , ¶ ? 6)

Even at the duel, standing 10 paces apart, he could have satisfied Aaron’s honor.

I have perambulated your field, and estimate its perimeter to be 219 paces .

Way of stepping.

# A manner of walking, running or dancing; the rate or style of how someone moves with their feet.

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# Any of various gaits of a horse, specifically a 2-beat, lateral gait.

Speed or velocity in general.

(cricket) A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed after bouncing.

The collective noun for donkeys.

* 1952 , G. B. Stern, The Donkey Shoe , The Macmillan Company (1952), page 29:

but at Broadstairs and other places along the coast, a pace of donkeys stood on the sea-shore expectant (at least, their owners were expectant) of children clamouring to ride.

* 2006 , " Drop the dead donkeys", The Economist , 9 November 2006:

A pace of donkeys fans out in different directions.

* 2007 , Elinor De Wire, The Lightkeepers' Menagerie: Stories of Animals at Lighthouses , Pineapple Press (2007), ISBN 9781561643905, page 200:

Like a small farm, the lighthouse compound had its chattering'' of chicks, ''pace'' of donkeys, ''troop'' of horses, and ''fold of sheep.

Noun

(en noun)

Easter.