New York university

• Thirty inches
• Walk a hole in the carpet, maybe
• Dueler's unit
• Duel distance
• Walk the waiting room
• Walk nervously to and fro
• Demonstrate anxiety, in a way
• A sergeant might ask a soldier to pick it up

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"with the leave of," 1863, from Latin pace , ablative of pax "peace," as in pace tua "with all deference to you;" from PIE *pak- "to fasten" (see pax ). "Used chiefly as a courteous or ironical apology for a contradiction or difference of opinion" [OED].

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Pacé refers to two communes in France: Pacé, Ille-et-Vilaine Pacé, Orne