MACE.
| Clown. | I must have Saffron to colour the warden-pies—Mace—Dates?none. | |
| Winter's Tale, act iv, sc. 3 (48). | ||
The Mace is the pretty inner rind that surrounds the Nutmeg, when ripe. It was no doubt imported with the Nutmeg in Shakespeare's time. (See [Nutmeg].)
