MACES

noun

1. A heavy fighting club.
2. A ceremonial form of this weapon.
3. 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.

verb

1. To hit someone or something with a mace.

noun

1. An old money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael.
2. An old weight of 57.98 grains.