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单词 slow match
释义 slow match
Also slow-match.
[f. slow a.]
A rope-match made so as to burn very slowly (see match n.2 2).
1802James Milit. Dict. s.v. Match, Slow match is made of hemp or tow, spun on the wheel like cord, but very slack; and is composed of three twists.1828J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner (ed. 2) 275 During the Siege of Gibraltar, slow-match was made there in the following manner.1871Kingsley At Last i, [She] ignored the very existence of a mere Negro like Jamaica Joe, as she sat by her cigars, and slow-match.
attrib.1887G. Nicholson Dict. Gardening III. 442 Slow-match tree. A common name for Careya arborea. [‘The bark..is said to be used in some parts of India as a slow match for firelocks’—Treas. Bot. s.v. Careya.]
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