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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Amate :: Amate (v. t.) To be a mate to; to match.
Domino :: Domino (n.) A game played by two or more persons, with twenty-eight pieces of wood, bone, or ivory, of a flat, oblong shape, plain at the back, but on the face divided by a line in the middle, and either left blank or variously dotted after the manner of dice. The game is played by matching the spots or the blank of an unmatched half of a domino already played.
Lock :: Lock (n.) That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock, etc..
Mouse :: Mouse (n.) A match used in firing guns or blasting.
Disproportion :: Disproportion (v. t.) To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness to an end; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch; to join unfitly..
Done :: Done (infinitive.) It is done or agreed; let it be a match or bargain; -- used elliptically.
Linstock :: Linstock (n.) A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match for firing cannon..
Matchlock :: Matchlock (n.) An old form of gunlock containing a match for firing the priming; hence, a musket fired by means of a match..
Peer :: Peer (n.) One of the same rank, quality, endowments, character, etc.; an equal; a match; a mate..
Eleven :: Eleven (n.) The eleven men selected to play on one side in a match, as the representatives of a club or a locality; as, the all-England eleven..
Match :: Match (v.) A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
Phosphorus :: Phosphorus (n.) A poisonous nonmetallic element of the nitrogen group, obtained as a white, or yellowish, translucent waxy substance, having a characteristic disagreeable smell. It is very active chemically, must be preserved under water, and unites with oxygen even at ordinary temperatures, giving a faint glow, -- whence its name. It always occurs compined, usually in phosphates, as in the mineral apatite, in bones, etc. It is used in the composition on the tips of friction matches, and for man
Allumette :: Allumette (n.) A match for lighting candles, lamps, etc..
Mitre :: Mitre (v. i.) To meet and match together, as two pieces of molding, on a line bisecting the angle of junction..
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..
Matchmaking :: Matchmaking (n.) The act or process of making matches for kindling or burning.
Side :: Side (v. t.) To suit; to pair; to match.
Auget :: Auget (n.) A priming tube connecting the charge chamber with the gallery, or place where the slow match is applied..
Match :: Match (v.) A person or thing equal or similar to another; one able to mate or cope with another; an equal; a mate.
Matchmaker :: Matchmaker (n.) One who tries to bring about marriages.
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