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<p><b>4.</b> <def>A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.</def> "She . . . was looked upon as the richest <i>match</i> of the West."

<i>Clarendon.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Equality of conditions in contest or competition.</def>

<blockquote>It were no <b>match</b>, your nail against his horn. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Suitable combination or bringing together; that which corresponds or harmonizes with something else; <as>as, the carpet and curtains are a <ex>match</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Founding)</fld> <def>A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly imbedded when a mold is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mold.</def>

<cs><col>Match boarding</col> <fld>(Carp.)</fld>, <cd>boards fitted together with tongue and groove, or prepared to be so fitted.</cd> -- <col>Match game</col>, <cd>a game arranged as a test of superiority.</cd> -- <col>Match plane</col> <fld>(Carp.)</fld>, <cd>either of the two planes used to shape the edges of boards which are joined by grooving and tonguing.</cd> -- <col>Match plate</col> <fld>(Founding)</fld>, <cd>a board or plate on the opposite sides of which the halves of a pattern are fastened, to facilitate molding. <i>Knight</i>.</cd> -- <col>Match wheel</col> <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <cd>a cogwheel of suitable pitch to work with another wheel; specifically, one of a pair of cogwheels of equal size.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Match</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Matched</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Matching</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To be a mate or match for; to be able to complete with; to rival successfully; to equal.</def>

<blockquote>No settled senses of the world can <b>match</b> The pleasure of that madness. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To furnish with its match; to bring a match, or equal, against; to show an equal competitor to; to set something in competition with, or in opposition to, as equal.</def>

<blockquote>No history or antiquity can <b>match</b>is policies and his conduct. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To oppose as equal; to contend successfully against.</def>

<blockquote>Eternal might To <b>match</b> with their inventions they presumed So easy, and of his thunder made a scorn. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To make or procure the equal of, or that which is exactly similar to, or corresponds with; <as>as, to <ex>match</ex> a vase or a horse; to <ex>match</ex> cloth.</as></def> "<i>Matching</i> of patterns and colors."

<i>Swift.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To make equal, proportionate, or suitable; to adapt, fit, or suit (one thing <i>to</i> another).</def>

<blockquote>Let poets <b>match</b> their subject to their strength. <i>Roscommon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To marry; to give in marriage.</def>

<blockquote>A senator of Rome survived, Would not have <b>matched</b> his daughter with a king. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and a groove, at the edges; <as>as, to <ex>match</ex> boards</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Matching machine</col>, <cd>a planing machine for forming a tongue or a groove on the edge of a board.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Match</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To be united in marriage; to mate.</def>

<blockquote>I hold it a sin to <b>match</b> in my kindred. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Let tigers <b>match</b> with hinds, and wolves with sheep. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To be of equal, or similar, size, figure, color, or quality; to tally; to suit; to correspond; <as>as, these vases <ex>match</ex></as>.</def>

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