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<h1>Lythe</h1> <Xpage=878>

<hw>Lythe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Lithe</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>Soft; flexible.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Lythonthriptic, Lythontriptic</h1> <Xpage=878>

<hw><hw>Lyth`on*thrip"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Lyth`on*trip"*tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>See <er>Lithontriptic</er>.</def>

<h1>Lytta</h1> <Xpage=878>

<hw>Lyt"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Lytt\'91</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., a worm said to grow under the tongue of dogs, and to cause canine madness, fr. Gr. <?/, <?/, lit., madness.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A fibrous and muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, as the dog.</def>

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<h1>Maccaboy, Maccoboy</h1> <Xpage=879>

<hw><hw>Mac"ca*boy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Mac"co*boy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From a district in the Island of Martinique where it is made: cf. F. <ets>macouba</ets>.]</ety> <def>A kind of snuff.</def>

<h1>Macco</h1> <Xpage=879>

<hw>Mac"co</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A gambling game in vogue in the eighteenth century.</def>

<i>Thackeray.</i>

<h1>Mace</h1> <Xpage=879>

<hw>Mace</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Jav. & Malay. <ets>m\'bes</ets>, fr. Skr. <ets>m\'besha</ets> a bean.]</ety> <def>A money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael; also, a weight of 57.98 grains.</def>

<i>S. W. Williams.</i>

<h1>Mace</h1> <Xpage=879>

<hw>Mace</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>macis</ets>, L. <ets>macis</ets>, <ets>macir</ets>, Gr. <?/; cf. Skr. <ets>makar</ets>anda the nectar or honey of a flower, a fragrant mango.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A kind of spice; the aril which partly covers nutmegs. See <er>Nutmeg</er>.</def>

<note>&hand; Red <i>mace</i> is the aril of <spn>Myristica tingens</spn>, and <i>white mace</i> that of <spn>M. Otoba</spn>, -- East Indian trees of the same genus with the nutmeg tree.</note>

<h1>Mace</h1> <Xpage=879>

<hw>Mace</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>mace</ets>, F. <ets>masse</ets>, from (assumed) L. <ets>matea</ets>, of which the dim. <ets>mateola</ets> a kind of mallet or beetle, is found.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>Death with his <b>mace</b> petrific . . . smote. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hence: A staff borne by, or carried before, a magistrate as an ensign of his authority.</def> "Swayed the royal <i>mace</i>."

<i>Wordsworth.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An officer who carries a mace as an emblem of authority.</def>

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it supple.</def>