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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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Game :: Game (v. i.) The use or practice of such a game; a single match at play; a single contest; as, a game at cards..

Match :: Match (v. t.) To make equal, proportionate, or suitable; to adapt, fit, or suit (one thing to another)..

Overmatch :: Overmatch (v. t.) To be more than equal to or a match for; hence, to vanquish..

Undermatch :: Undermatch (n.) One who is not a match for another.

Odd :: Odd (superl.) Not paired with another, or remaining over after a pairing; without a mate; unmatched; single; as, an odd shoe; an odd glove..

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

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

Overmatch :: Overmatch (n.) One superior in power; also, an unequal match; a contest in which one of the opponents is overmatched..

Disparage :: Disparage (v. t.) To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor by an unequal marriage.

Match :: Match (v. t.) To furnish with its match; to bring a match, or equal, against; to show an equal competitor to; to set something in competition with, or in opposition to, as equal..

Mouse :: Mouse (n.) A match used in firing guns or blasting.

Firelock :: Firelock (n.) An old form of gunlock, as the flintlock, which ignites the priming by a spark; perhaps originally, a matchlock. Hence, a gun having such a lock..

Wive :: Wive (v. t.) To match to a wife; to provide with a wife.

Meet :: Meet (v. t.) To come up to; to be even with; to equal; to match; to satisfy; to ansver; as, to meet one's expectations; the supply meets the demand..

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

Promethean :: Promethean (n.) A kind of lucifer match.

Bonspiel :: Bonspiel (n.) A cur/ing match between clubs.

Main :: Main (n.) A hand or match at dice.

Surcharge :: Surcharge (v. t.) To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon..

Reglet :: Reglet (n.) A strip of wood or metal of the height of a quadrat, used for regulating the space between pages in a chase, and also for spacing out title-pages and other open matter. It is graded to different sizes, and designated by the name of the type that it matches; as, nonpareil reglet, pica reglet, and the like..