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Definition of match

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Match (n.) Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp., a small strip or splint of wood dipped at one end in a substance which can be easily ignited by friction, as a preparation of phosphorus or chlorate of potassium..

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Harquebuse :: Harquebuse (n.) A firearm with match holder, trigger, and tumbler, made in the second half of the 15th century. the barrel was about forty inches long. A form of the harquebus was subsequently called arquebus with matchlock..

Match :: Match (v. t.) To marry; to give in marriage.

Musket :: Musket (n.) A species of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army. It was originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted. This arm has been generally superseded by the rifle..

Matchmaker :: Matchmaker (n.) One who tries to bring about marriages.

Grappling :: Grappling (n.) A grapple; a struggle. A match for yards in fight, in grappling for the bear..

Auget :: Auget (n.) A priming tube connecting the charge chamber with the gallery, or place where the slow match is applied..

Smatch :: Smatch (n.) Taste; tincture; smack.

Jump :: Jump (a.) Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise.

Trotter :: Trotter (n.) One that trots; especially, a horse trained to be driven in trotting matches..

Match :: Match (v.) A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.

Cope :: Cope (v. t.) To match one's self against; to meet; to encounter.

Team :: Team (n.) A number of persons associated together in any work; a gang; especially, a number of persons selected to contend on one side in a match, or a series of matches, in a cricket, football, rowing, etc..

Match-coat :: Match-coat (n.) A coat made of match-cloth.

Unfellowed :: Unfellowed (a.) Being without a fellow; unmatched; unmated.

Lock :: Lock (n.) That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock, etc..

Matching :: Matching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Matc.

Fusee :: Fusee (n.) A kind of match for lighting a pipe or cigar.

Matched :: Matched (imp. & p. p.) of Matc.

Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match..

Amate :: Amate (v. t.) To be a mate to; to match.