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Match :: Match (v.) A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly imbedded when a mold is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mold..

Smatch :: Smatch (v. i.) To smack.

Match :: Match (v.) Suitable combination or bringing together; that which corresponds or harmonizes with something else; as, the carpet and curtains are a match..

Match-cloth :: Match-cloth (n.) A coarse cloth.

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

Side :: Side (v. t.) To suit; to pair; to match.

Touch-paper :: Touch-paper (n.) Paper steeped in saltpeter, which burns slowly, and is used as a match for firing gunpowder, and the like..

Linstock :: Linstock (n.) A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match for firing cannon..

Match :: Match (v. i.) To be united in marriage; to mate.

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..

Banter :: Banter (v. t.) To challenge or defy to a match.

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

Match :: Match (v.) An agreement, compact, etc..

Overmatch :: Overmatch (v. t.) To marry (one) to a superior.

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

Allumette :: Allumette (n.) A match for lighting candles, lamps, etc..

Cap :: Cap (v. t.) To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to; as, to cap text; to cap proverbs..

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

Match :: Match (v. t.) To make or procure the equal of, or that which is exactly similar to, or corresponds with; as, to match a vase or a horse; to match cloth..

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

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