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

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..

Match :: Match (v.) A bringing together of two parties suited to one another, as for a union, a trial of skill or force, a contest, or the like.

Inimitable :: Inimitable (a.) Not capable of being imitated, copied, or counterfeited; beyond imitation; surpassingly excellent; matchless; unrivaled; exceptional; unique; as, an inimitable style; inimitable eloquence..

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

Grappling :: Grappling (n.) A grapple; a struggle. A match for yards in fight, in grappling for the bear..

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

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

Compeer :: Compeer (v. t.) To be equal with; to match.

Jump :: Jump (a.) Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise.

Span :: Span (v. i.) To be matched, as horses..

Makeless :: Makeless (a.) Matchless.

Matchmaking :: Matchmaking (n.) The act or process of making matches for kindling or burning.

Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match..

Mismatch :: Mismatch (v. t.) To match unsuitably.

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

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..

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..

Match :: Match (v.) A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.

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..

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