n.
A staff borne by, or carried before, a magistrate as an ensign of his authority.
n.
An officer who carries a mace as an emblem of authority.
n.
A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it supple.
n.
A rod for playing billiards, having one end suited to resting on the table and pushed with one hand.
a.
Belonging, or relating, to Macedonia.
n.
A native or inhabitant of Macedonia.
n.
One of a certain religious sect, followers of Macedonius, Bishop of Constantinople, in the fourth century, who held that the Holy Ghost was a creature, like the angels, and a servant of the Father and the Son.
n.
The doctrines of Macedonius.
n.
A mace bearer; an officer of a court.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Macerate
v. t.
To make lean; to cause to waste away.
v. t.
To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to mortify.
v. t.
To soften by steeping in a liquid, with or without heat; to wear away or separate the parts of by steeping; as, to macerate animal or vegetable fiber.
n.
One who, or that which, macerates; an apparatus for converting paper or fibrous matter into pulp.
n.
The act or process of macerating.
n.
A genus of extinct mammals allied to the cats, and having in the upper jaw canine teeth of remarkable size and strength; -- hence called saber-toothed tigers.
n.
A large heavy knife resembling a broadsword, often two or three feet in length, -- used by the inhabitants of Spanish America as a hatchet to cut their way through thickets, and for various other purposes.
a.
Of or pertaining to Machiavel, or to his supposed principles; politically cunning; characterized by duplicity or bad faith; crafty.