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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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Cloth
·noun The dress; raiment. [Obs.] ·see <<Clothes>>.
II. Cloth ·noun The distinctive dress of any pro...
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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;
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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.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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match-box
See bean, Queensland
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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.
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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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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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Bearing cloth
·- A cloth with which a child is covered when carried to be baptized.
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Carborundum cloth
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Carborundum paper.
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Cheese cloth
·add. ·- A thin, loosewoven cotton cloth, such as is used in pressing cheese curds.
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Goring cloth
·noun A piece of canvas cut obliquely to widen a sail at the foot.
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Gunny cloth
·- A strong, coarse kind of sacking, made from the fibers (called jute) of two plants of the genus C...
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Henrietta cloth
·add. ·- A fine wide wooled fabric much used for women's dresses.
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Lady's cloth
·add. ·- A kind of broadcloth of light weight, used for women's dresses, cloaks, ·etc.
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Thibet cloth
·- A fabric made of coarse goat's hair; a kind of camlet.
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Top-cloth
·noun A piece of canvas used to cover the hammocks which are lashed to the top in action to protect ...
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Cloth Fair
East out of West Smithfield at No. 59 to Kiughorn Street (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Withou...
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Cloth Street
South out of
First mention: O.S. 188-51.
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Cloth Yard
Out of Dunning's Alley, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in th...
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cloth market
He is just come from the cloth market, i.e. from between the sheets, he is just risen from bed.
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broad cloth
Square sails.
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buntline-cloth
The lining sewed up the fore-part of the sail in the direction of the buntline to prevent that rope ...
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goring-cloth
See goring
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table-cloth
A fleecy-looking cloud which sometimes covers the "table" or flat top of Table Mountain, at the Cape...
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match-box bean
n.
another name for the ripehard seed of the Queensland Bean, Entadascandens, Benth., N.O. Legumino...
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Pi-a cloth
·add. ·- A fine fabric for scarfs, handkerchiefs, embroidery, ·etc., woven from the fiber obtained f...
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Cloth Workers' Court
North out of White Friers, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677).
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devil's table-cloth
See table-cloth.
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The Back Alley, Cloth Fair
See Back Court.
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Back Streate, Cloth Fair
See Back Court.
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King Street, Cloth Fair
See Kinghorn Street, Cloth Fair.
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Kinghorn Street, Cloth Fair
South out of Cloth Fair, at No. 63, to Bartholomew Close, in Farringdon Ward Without.
Renamed 1885....
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cloth in the wind
Too near to the wind, and sails shivering. Also, groggy.
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shaking a cloth in the wind
In galley parlance, expresses the being slightly intoxicated.
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