Part 6877

<hw>Match"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being matched; comparable on equal conditions; adapted to being joined together; correspondent.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Match"a*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<blockquote>Sir Walter Raleigh . . . is <b>matchable</b> with the best of the ancients. <i>Hakewill.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Match-cloth</h1> <Xpage=901>

<hw>Match"-cloth`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A coarse cloth.</def>

<h1>Match-coat</h1> <Xpage=901>

<hw>Match"-coat`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A coat made of match-cloth.</def>

<h1>Matcher</h1> <Xpage=901>

<hw>Match"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, matches; a matching machine. See under 3d <er>Match</er>.</def>

<h1>Matchless</h1> <Xpage=901>

<hw>Match"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Mateless</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Having no equal; unequaled.</def> "A <i>matchless</i> queen."

<i>Waller.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Unlike each other; unequal; unsuited.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Matchless</i> ears."

<i>Spenser.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Match"less*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Match"less*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Matchlock</h1> <Xpage=901>

<hw>Match"lock`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An old form of gunlock containing a match for firing the priming; hence, a musket fired by means of a match.</def>

<h1>Matchmaker</h1> <Xpage=901>

<hw>Match"mak`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who makes matches for burning or kinding.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who tries to bring about marriages.</def>

<h1>Matchmaking</h1> <Xpage=901>

<hw>Match"mak`ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of making matches for kindling or burning.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act or process of trying to bring about a marriage for others.</def>

<h1>Matchmaking</h1> <Xpage=901>

<hw>Match"mak`ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Busy in making or contriving marriages; <as>as, a <ex>matchmaking</ex> woman</as>.</def>

<h1>Mate</h1> <Xpage=901>

<hw>Ma"te</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp.]</ety> <def>The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the Brazilian holly (<spn>Ilex Paraguensis</spn>). The infusion has a pleasant odor, with an agreeable bitter taste, and is much used for tea in South America.</def>

<h1>Mate</h1> <Xpage=901>