Definition of match

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Match (v. t.) To oppose as equal; to contend successfully against.

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Parallelless :: Parallelless (a.) Matchless.
Lucifer :: Lucifer (n.) A match made of a sliver of wood tipped with a combustible substance, and ignited by friction; -- called also lucifer match, and locofoco. See Locofoco..
Matchless :: Matchless (a.) Having no equal; unequaled.
Unequal :: Unequal (a.) Ill balanced or matched; disproportioned; hence, not equitable; partial; unjust; unfair..
Lock :: Lock (n.) That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock, etc..
Match-cloth :: Match-cloth (n.) A coarse cloth.
Matchmaking :: Matchmaking (n.) The act or process of trying to bring about a marriage for others.
Squib :: Squib (a.) A kind of slow match or safety fuse.
Match :: Match (v.) A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
Bonspiel :: Bonspiel (n.) A cur/ing match between clubs.
Lunt :: Lunt (n.) The match cord formerly used in firing cannon.
Matchmaking :: Matchmaking (n.) The act or process of making matches for kindling or burning.
Unparagoned :: Unparagoned (a.) Having no paragon or equal; matchless; peerless.
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.
Parallel :: Parallel (v. t.) To equal; to match; to correspond to.
Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match..
Overmatch :: Overmatch (n.) One superior in power; also, an unequal match; a contest in which one of the opponents is overmatched..
Match :: Match (v. t.) To make equal, proportionate, or suitable; to adapt, fit, or suit (one thing to another)..
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..
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..
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