A match, spill, etc., used for lighting something.

(a) a cane used to light a fire by friction; (b) a long pole tipped with a flammable substance and set alight, used to set fire to enemy vessels.

a match made of paper; (now usually) = book match n. at book, n. compounds 3.

a scented match used for fumigating wines.

A short, slender piece of wood, cardboard, or (formerly) wax taper, tipped with a composition which ignites by friction when rubbed against a…

Originally lucifer match n. A friction match made usually of a splint of wood tipped with an inflammable substance ignitable on a roughened or…

A kind of match with a large head of combustible material tipped with brimstone for ignition by friction; a lucifer, vesuvian.

A cigar (more fully loco-foco cigar) or match (more fully loco-foco match) tipped with an inflammable substance ignitable on a roughened or…

oxymuriatic match n. a match tipped with potassium chlorate. Obsolete. rare.

More fully Congreve match: A particular kind of friction match, invented by Sir W. Congreve.

A kind of wax match. Originally attributive.

a match that ignites by friction.

a match which ignites only when its head is struck on a specially prepared surface. Cf. match, n.2 4.

a kind of safety match.

A kind of match or fusee, burning with a sputtering flame, used especially for lighting cigars or tobacco-pipes in the open air.

A kind of match for lighting cigars. Obsolete.

= safety match n. at compounds 3.

More fully, tandstickor match, a cheap kind of lucifer match imported from Sweden.

Usually post-and-rails. Australian slang. A wooden match. rare.

a match from a matchbook; cf. sense 7h.

the proprietary name of a make of match; cf. Vesta, n. 4.