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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.

The act or process of making matches for kindling or burning.

A fuse used in blasting, consisting of a long cylinder of explosive material inclosed in a varnished wrapping of rope or hose. It burns from 2 to 4 feet a minute.

A cockfight.

Matchless; peerless. [Obs.] Holland.

To match unsuitably.

To be more than equal to or a match for; hence, to vanquish. Drayton.

A friction match that contains little or no sulphur.

A boxing match or prize fight marked rather by heavy hitting than skill. [Cant or Slang]

Taste; tincture; smack. [Obs.] Thy life hath had some smatch of honor in it. Shak.

One who is not a match for another. Fuller.