Matchable to Matin
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 matchable with the best of the ancients.
Hakewill. Match-cloth
(Match"-cloth`) n. A coarse cloth.
Match-coat
(Match"-coat`) n. A coat made of match-cloth.
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. [Obs.] "Matchless ears." Spenser.
— Match"less*ly, adv. — Match"less*ness, n.
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
(Match"mak`ing), a. Busy in making or contriving marriages; as, a matchmaking woman.
Mate
(||Ma"te) n. [Sp.] 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 used for tea in South America.
Mate
(Mate) n. [F. mat, abbrev. fr. échec et mat. See Checkmate.] (Chess) Same as Checkmate.
Mate
(Mate), a. See 2d Mat. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Mate
(Mate), v. t. [F. mater to fatigue, enfeeble, humiliate, checkmate. See Mate checkmate.]
1. To confuse; to confound. [Obs.] Shak.
2. To checkmate.
Mate
(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 companion; an associate; any object which is associated
or combined with a similar object.
2. Hence, specifically, a husband or wife; and among the lower animals, one of a pair associated for
propagation and the care of their young.
