clap-match

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• Clap

  ·noun Noisy talk; chatter. II. Clap ·vi To knock, as at a door. III. Clap ·noun <<Gonorrhea>>. IV...

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• clap

  A venereal taint. He went out by Had'em, and came round by Clapham home; i.e. he went out a wenching...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• to clap

  To set down; charge to one's account. If a man be highly commended, we think him sufficiently lesse...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Match

  ·v An agreement, compact, ·etc. II. Match ·v A matrimonial union; a marriage. III. Match ·v Equali...

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• match

  A wager of emulation by rowing, sailing, manœuvring, &c. (See quick match.) ♦ Slow match, used by ...

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• after-clap

  A demand after the first given in has been discharged; a charge for pretended omissions; in short, a...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• clap down

  To set down; charge to one's account. If a man be highly commended, we think him sufficiently lesse...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• clap-trap

  An artifice for attracting applause. Used chiefly in theatrical or political language. The managers...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• clap-bread

  thin hard oat-cakes. Lane. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• after-clap

  Whatever disagreeable occurrence takes place after the consequences of the cause were thought at an ...

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• clap-board

  [German, klapp-bord]. An east-country commercial plank, which ought to be upwards of 13 feet in le...

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• clap on!

  The order to lay hold of any rope, in order to haul upon it. Also, to "Clap on the stoppers before...

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• clap-sill

  The lockage of a flood-gate. ...

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• Bickford match

  ·add. ·- A fuse used in blasting, consisting of a long cylinder of explosive material inclosed in a ...

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• Consolation match

  ·add. ·- ·Alt. of Consolation race. ...

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• Match game

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

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• Match play

  ·add. ·- Play in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes won or lost by each side; — dist...

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• Match-cloth

  ·noun A coarse cloth. ...

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• Match-coat

  ·noun A coat made of match-cloth. ...

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• Parlor match

  ·add. ·- A friction match that contains little or no sulphur. ...

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• Slugging match

  ·add. ·- A boxing match or prize fight marked rather by heavy hitting than skill. II. Slugging matc...

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• cat match

  When a rook or cully is engaged amongst bad bowlers. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• match-box

  See bean, Queensland ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• tight match

  A close or even match, as of two persons wrestling or running together; and hence a difficulty. 'The...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• match-tubs

  Conical tubs about 18 inches in height, which have a sunken head perforated with holes, to admit the...

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• quick match

  Used as a train to any charge to be fired rapidly, is made of cotton threads treated with a composit...

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• slow match

  See match. ...

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• tub, match

  A conical tub used to guard the slow match in action. They were formerly about five-gallon capacity,...

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• match-box bean

  n. another name for the ripehard seed of the Queensland Bean, Entadascandens, Benth., N.O. Legumino...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• clap on the shoulder

  An arrest for debt; whence a bum bailiff is called a shoulder-clapper. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose