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rsmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal. [Written also matt.]

A warlike South African Kaffir tribe.

An old dance with swords and bucklers; a sword dance.

The three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutis tricinctus). See Illust. under Loricata.

ack trump or the seven of a red one. When Lady Tricksey played a four, You took it with a matadore. Swift.

A shrike or butcher bird; -- called also mattages. [Prov. Eng.]

A large squirrel fish (Holocentrus ascensionis) of Florida and the West Indies.

A West Indian food fish (Malacanthus plumieri) related to the tilefish.

The bearded tortoise (Chelys fimbriata) of South American rivers.

A place where animals are slaughtered for their hides and tallow. [Western U. S.]

n be easily ignited by friction, as a preparation of phosphorus or chlorate of potassium. Match box, a box for holding matches. -- Match tub, a tub with a perforated cover for holding slow matches for firing cannon, esp. on board ship. The tub contains a little water in the bottom, for extinguishing sparks from the li…

A game arranged as a test of superiority; also, one of a series of such games.

Play in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes won or lost by each side; -- disting. from medal play.

A coarse cloth.

A coat made of match-cloth.

Capable of being matched; comparable on equal conditions; adapted to being joined together; correspondent. -- Match"a*ble*ness, n. Sir Walter Raleigh . . . is matchable with the best of the ancients. Hakewill.

One who, or that which, matches; a matching machine. See under 3d Match.

Having no equal; unequaled. "A matchless queen." Waller.

An old form of gunlock containing a match for firing the priming; hence, a musket fired by means of a match.

One who makes matches for burning or kinding.