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Match
·v An agreement, compact, ·etc.
II. Match ·v A matrimonial union; a marriage.
III. Match ·v Equali...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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match
A wager of emulation by rowing, sailing, manœuvring, &c. (See quick match.)
♦ Slow match, used by ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Coat
·noun A <<Petticoat>>.
II. Coat ·vt To cover with a coat or outer garment.
III. Coat ·noun A coat ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Coat
The tunic worn like the shirt next the skin (Lev. 16:4; Cant. 5:3; 2 Sam. 15:32; Ex. 28:4; 29:5). Th...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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coat
A piece of tarred canvas nailed round above the partners, or that part where the mast or bowsprit en...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Bickford match
·add. ·- A fuse used in blasting, consisting of a long cylinder of explosive material inclosed in a ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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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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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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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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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The Sailor's Word-Book
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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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Dress coat
·- A coat with skirts behind only, as distinct from the frock coat, of which the skirts surround the...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Mackinaw coat
·add. ·- A short, heavy, double-breasted plaid coat, the design of which is large and striking.
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Scratch coat
·- The first coat in plastering;
— called also scratchwork. ·see Pricking-up.
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Three-coat
·adj Having or consisting of three coats;
— applied to plastering which consists of pricking-up, fl...
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Tuxedo coat
·add. ·noun ·Alt. of <<Tuxedo>>.
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jouk coat
a great coat. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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side-coat
a great coat. York.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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coat-tacks
The peculiar nails with which the mast coats are fastened.
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mast-coat
A conical canvas fitted over the wedges round the mast, to prevent water oozing down from the decks....
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privy-coat
A light coat or defence of mail, concealed under the ordinary dress.
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pump-coat
A piece of stout canvas nailed to the pump-partners where it enters the upper deck, and lashed to th...
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rudder-coat
A canvas coat affixed to the rudder, encasing the opening in the counter, to prevent the sea from ru...
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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
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Coat of mail
The rendering of a Hebrew word meaning "glittering" (1 Sam. 17:5, 38). The same word in the plural f...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Mail, Coat of
"a corselet of scales," a cuirass formed of pieces of metal overlapping each other, like fish-scales...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Blue Coat Buildings
See King Edward Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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coat of mail
The chiton shell.
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