ALEXANDER DYCE'S GLOSSARY

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mace, a sceptre: The sword, the mace, the crown imperial, HENRY V., iv. 1. 257.

mace, a club of metal: Lay'st thou thy leaden mace upon my boy, JULIUS Cæsar, iv. 3. 266 (where Steevens explains mace to mean sceptre, - wrongly, as is shown by the epithet "murderous" in the preceding line).

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maculate, stained, impure, LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST, i. 2. 88; THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN, v. 1. 145.

maculation, a stain, impurity, TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, iv. 4. 63.

mad as a buck, a proverbial expression, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, iii. 1. 72.

made, having one's fortune made, fortunate. See first make. made, fastened, barred. See second make.

made, did. See third make.

made, made up, raised as profit. See fourth make.

made, formed: my made intent, KING LEAR, iv. 7. 9. ("So we say in common language to make a design and to make a resolution," JOHNSON.)

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