(n.) A money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael; also, a weight of 57.98 grains.
(n.) A kind of spice; the aril which partly covers nutmegs. See Nutmeg.
(n.) A heavy staff or club of metal; a spiked club; -- used as weapon in war before the general use of firearms, especially in the Middle Ages, for breaking metal armor.
(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.
Example Sentences:
(1) These receptors were subdivided by their morphology in the next groups: pear-shaped receptors with capsule; capsuled spherical receptors located near vascular walls; ovoidal receptors with capsule and glomerular structure; simple or complex mace-shaped receptors without capsule.
(2) In the Commons, John McDonnell, the MP for Hayes and Harlington, covering Heathrow, was suspended for five days by the deputy speaker after he picked up the mace and shouted: "It is a disgrace."
(3) The two antimicrobial resorcinols malabaricone B [1] and malabaricone C [2] were isolated from mace, the dried seed covers of Myristica fragrans.
(4) The results demonstrate that MACE and DACE are effective photosensitizing agents in vitro and compare favorably to DHE.
(5) We are keepers of the peace, not soldiers,” says Mace Windu, apropos some urgent battle or other.
(6) Leukocytes from a normal donor, after passive sensitization with serum from patient M, released a substantial (greater than or equal to 50%) amount of histamine on challenge with extracts of coriander, mace, and curry powder.
(7) In addition, there was a significant increase in the SH content in the liver of mice fed on 1% BHA and 2% mace diets.
(8) Expressed in terms of oxygen depletion per cell the order was CASPc approximately PII greater than MACE.
(9) In a letter to the Guardian this week, Georgina Mace, professor of conservation science at Imperial College, London and Catherine Redgwell, professor of international law at UCL, said that investment in geo-engineering research had already begun and, "without international governance structures, schemes could soon be implemented unencumbered by the safeguards needed".
(10) Patterns of distribution and localization of MACE differ substantially from those observed with HPD and other hydrophobic sensitizers.
(11) Protesters trying to tend to the wounded were also maced.
(12) The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical effect of mace extract and egg-white lysozyme in two brands of chewing gum on gingival condition.
(13) We have treated 47 clinical stage I or IE patients with aggressive lymphoma histologies (diffuse large-cell, diffuse mixed, diffuse immunoblastic, follicular large-cell, diffuse small-non-cleaved cell) with four monthly cycles of an eight-drug combination chemotherapy program consisting of cyclophosphamide, etoposide, doxorubicin, nitrogen mustard (mechlorethamine), procarbazine, high-dose methotrexate with leucovorin rescue, and prednisone (Pro-MACE-MOPP) administered systemically followed by 40 Gy involved-field radiation therapy.
(14) Security companies have reported a 50% increase in sales of mace self-defence spray and an increased demand for armed security guards for malls and other public places, while restaurants and markets in areas judged dangerous have emptied.
(15) Bean was still tending to Martin’s brother’s stomach wound when they released mace into people’s faces, she told the Guardian.
(16) In the blood of 10 guinea pigs, which were exposed to the contents of chemical mace for 1--6 h, the solvants 1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluorethane (freon 113) and 1,1,1-trichloroethane could easily be detected--even 23 h after the end of exposure or after a storage of the blood samples for 18 weeks--whereas the lacrimator chloracetophenone (CN) could not be found at all.
(17) So did Hezza's mace gesture: intended as one of despair, it looked like attempted bodily harm in the gloomy 10.30pm chamber of the pre-TV era.
(18) Forty-five previously untreated patients with intermediate or high-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma were treated with the Pro-MACE-C-MOPP regimen (flexitherapy).
(19) Rodney Mace Hay-on-Wye, Brecknockshire • With the new wall being built in Hungary ( Work begins on border fence to block migrants , 14 July), I am reminded of a conversation I had with a woman whose family has owned, since the 1920s, the apartment where I spent the night a few years ago.
(20) Contact and systemic contact-type dermatitis reactions to spices such as nutmeg, mace, cardamom, curry, cinnamon, and laurel may be rare but may well be overlooked.
Mage
Definition:
(n.) A magician.
Example Sentences:
(1) Highlight: Mike Magee’s opening day hat-trick against the team he ended the season with.
(2) Subminiature single element and rosette strain gauges used for deformation measurement were prepared for surgical implantation using a technique published previously (Szivek JA, Magee FP.
(3) Maged understands better than most the menace of coastal erosion, which is steadily ingesting the edge of Egypt in some places at an astonishing rate of almost 100m a year.
(4) Contrast that with the trajectory of another of the season's early stars: Mike Magee.
(5) In that way, Magee has shed his bridesmaid's perception, a reputation that may soon attach itself to McInerney.
(6) As discussion of his hot start hinted, Magee was never going to eclipse the shadows of the Galaxy's other stars: Robbie Keane and Landon Donovan.
(7) A century and a half later, Maged is still farming his family's fields.
(8) Since the first observations of MAGEE and BARNES in 1956 on the carcinogenicity of NDMA, this compound was reported to be carcinogenic in a large number of animal species including mammals, birds, amphibia and fish.
(9) Fibber Magees, tucked away up an alley near the Trade Centre District, is an exception.
(10) In 1951, he was appointed professor of French at Magee University College, Derry, and took a similar post at Newcastle University in 1960.
(11) We examined the eyes of 2986 neonates admitted to the Magee-Womens Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit from January 1, 1977, through December 31, 1985, who weighed less than 2000 g at birth or were exposed to added oxygen and later discharged.
(12) We don’t make any comments on the grand jury,” said Magee.
(13) In order to decrease the proportion of antibody-coated spermatozoa in the inseminated populations, washed spermatozoa were immuno-adsorbed on Mage's plates before swim-up migration.
(14) Evaluation phase: Implausible data: Obstruction of double lumen catheter as well as loss of glucose sensor sensitivity result in inappropriate data with consecutive incorrect computation of glycemic indices such as MAGE and M-value.
(15) The exception is Maged, who owns six feddan (about six acres) of land near the village of el-Hadadi.
(16) Low point: Trading Magee to the Chicago Fire for the right to sign Robbie Rogers.
(17) Chicago's would-be savior came through again on Saturday, his 75th minute finish into the top of Zac MacMath's net giving the Fire a crucial three points: Magee's six goals in 10 games for the Galaxy had many questioning whether LA was giving too much to get Robbie Rogers.
(18) When the game began though, in the sunshine of LA Galaxy's Stub Hub Center where Magee had done much of his good work in recent years, Wondolowski wasted no time in reminding Jurgen Klinsmann of his own credentials, scoring after just four minutes.
(19) Mary Murdoch, an Ibrox-born Corby resident of 30-odd years, shares Magee's bafflement.
(20) It’s made even worse when Magee scores 21 goals and is the league MVP.