Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Mázz-a, s. f. dim. Mázz-étta, Mázz-uóla,
1. a stick, cane;2. a club, mace. Menar la — tonda, to spare nobody, to treat every one alike. Menare alla —, to betray. Metter troppa —, to speak too much, to say more than one ought to do; 3. a mallet.
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mazza: any kind of beetle or club with a great bead or knob at the end. Also a great sledge or hammer. Also a pole-axe, or battle-axe. Also among gunners a rammer, as also among pa- uiers. Vsed also for a Sergeants mace caried before Princes, or great officers.