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Gyropigeon :: Gyropigeon (n.) A flying object simulating a pigeon in flight, when projected from a spring trap. It is used as a flying target in shooting matches..

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..

Touch-box :: Touch-box (n.) A box containing lighted tinder, formerly carried by soldiers who used matchlocks, to kindle the match..

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

Light :: Light (v. i.) To become ignited; to take fire; as, the match will not light..

Cockmatch :: Cockmatch (n.) A cockfight.

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

Marrow :: Marrow (n.) One of a pair; a match; a companion; an intimate associate.

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..

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..

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

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

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

Matchmaking :: Matchmaking (a.) Busy in making or contriving marriages; as, a matchmaking woman..

Mitre :: Mitre (v. t.) To match together, as two pieces of molding or brass rule on a line bisecting the angle of junction; to bevel the ends or edges of, for the purpose of matching together at an angle..

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

Paragon :: Paragon (n.) A companion; a match; an equal.

Incomparable :: Incomparable (a.) Not comparable; admitting of no comparison with others; unapproachably eminent; without a peer or equal; matchless; peerless; transcendent.

Match :: Match (v.) A matrimonial union; a marriage.

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