quick match

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• Quick

  ·noun Quitch grass. II. Quick ·superl Pregnant; with child. III. Quick ·superl Fresh; bracing; sha...

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• 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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• Double-quick

  ·noun Double-quick time, step, or march. II. Double-quick ·vi & ·vt To move, or cause to move, in d...

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• Quick-scented

  ·adj Acute of smell. ...

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• Quick-sighted

  ·adj Having quick sight or acute discernment; quick to see or to discern. ...

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• Quick-witted

  ·adj Having ready wit. ...

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• Quick-wittedness

  ·noun Readiness of wit. ...

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• quick-march

  , or quick-step. The ordinary pace is 3-1/4 miles to the hour, or 110 paces (275) feet to the minu...

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• quick relief

  One who turns out speedily to relieve the watch before the sound is out of the bell. ...

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• quick-sand

  A fine-grained loose sand, into which a ship sinks by her own weight as soon as the water retreats f...

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• quick saver

  A span formerly used to prevent the courses from bellying too much when off the wind. ...

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• quick-step

  See quick-march. ...

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• quick-work

  Generally signifies all that part of a ship which is under water when she is laden; it is also appli...

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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.

• clap-match

  A sort of seal, distinct from the fur-seal. ...

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• match-tubs

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

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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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• Quick Apple Alley

  In Bishopsgate Street Without (W. Stow, 1722-Dodsley, 1761). Not named in the maps. ...

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• quick and nimble

  More like a bear than a squirrel. Jeeringly said to any one moving sluggishly on a business or erran...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• kiss-me-quick

  A homemade quilted bonnet which does not extend beyond the face. They are chiefly used to cover the ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• 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