Matador (2)
Mat″a‐dor (?), n. 1. The jack of clubs, or any other trump held in sequence with it, whether by the player or by his adversaries.2. A certain game of dominoes in which four domi...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Matadore
{ Mat″a‐dore, Mat″a‐dor} (?), n. [Sp. matador, prop., a killer, fr. matar to kill, L. mactare to sacrifice, kill.] 1. The killer; the man appointed to kill the bull in bullfight...
Matagasse
Mat′a‐gasse″ (?), n.(Zoöl.) A shrike or butcher bird; — called also mattages.
Matajuelo
Ma′ta‐jue″lo (mä′tȧ‐hwā″lō; 239), n. [Cf. Sp. matajudío a kind of fish.] A large squirrel fish (Holocentrus ascensionis) of Florida and the West Indies.
Matajuelo blanco
Ma′ta‐jue″lo blan″co (?). [Sp. blanco white.] A West Indian food fish (Malacanthus plumieri) related to the tilefish.
Matamata
‖Ma′ta‐ma″ta (?), n.(Zoöl.) The bearded tortoise (Chelys fimbriata) of South American rivers.
Matanza
Ma‐tan″za (?), n. [Sp., slaughter, fr. matar to kill.] A place where animals are slaughtered for their hides and tallow.
Match
Match (măch), n. [OE. macche, F. mèche, F. mèche, fr. L. myxa a lamp nozzle, Gr. μύξα mucus, nostril, a lamp nozzle. Cf. Mucus.] Anything used for catching and retaining or comm...
Match (2)
Match, n. [OE. macche, AS. gemæcca; akin to gemaca, and to OS. gimako, OHG. gimah fitting, suitable, convenient, Icel. mark suitable, maki mate, Sw. make, Dan. mage; all from th...
Match (3)
Match, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Matched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Matching.] 1. To be a mate or match for; to be able to complete with; to rival successfully; to equal.No settled senses of ...
Match (4)
Match, v. i. 1. To be united in marriage; to mate.I hold it a sin to match in my kindred. Shak.Let tigers match with hinds, and wolves with sheep. Dryden.2. To be of equal, or s...
Match game
Match game. A game arranged as a test of superiority; also, one of a series of such games.
Match play
Match play. (Golf) Play in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes won or lost by each side; — disting. from medal play.
Match-cloth
Match″–cloth′ (?), n. A coarse cloth.
Match-coat
Match″–coat′ (?), n. A coat made of match-cloth.
Matchable
Match″a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being matched; comparable on equal conditions; adapted to being joined together; correspondent. — Match″a‐ble‐ness, n.Sir Walter Raleigh... is mat...
Matcher
Match″er (?), n. One who, or that which, matches; a matching machine. See under 3d Match.
Matchless
Match″less, a. [Cf. Mateless.]1. Having no equal; unequaled. “A matchless queen.” Waller.2. Unlike each other; unequal; unsuited. “Matchless ears.” Spenser.— Match″less‐ly, adv....
Matchlock
Match″lock′ (?), n. An old form of gunlock containing a match for firing the priming; hence, a musket fired by means of a match.
Matchmaker
Match″mak′er (?), n. 1. One who makes matches for burning or kinding.2. One who tries to bring about marriages.
Matchmaking
Match″mak′ing, n. 1. The act or process of making matches for kindling or burning.2. The act or process of trying to bring about a marriage for others.
Matchmaking (2)
Match″mak′ing, a. Busy in making or contriving marriages; as, a matchmaking woman.
Mate
‖Ma″te (?), n. The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the Brazilian holly (Ilex Paraguensis). The infusion has a pleasant odor, with an agreeable bitter taste, and is much us...
Mate (2)
Mate (?), n. [F. mat, abbrev. fr. échec et mat. See Checkmate.] (Chess) Same as Checkmate.
Mate (3)
Mate, a. See 2d Mat. Chaucer.
Mate (4)
Mate, v. t. [F. mater to fatigue, enfeeble, humiliate, checkmate. See Mate checkmate.]1. To confuse; to confound. Shak.2. To checkmate.
Mate (5)
Mate, n. [Perhaps for older make a companion; cf. also OD. maet companion, mate, D. maat. Cf. Make a companion, Match a mate.] 1. One who customarily associates with another; a ...