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Slow match   /sloʊ mætʃ/   Listen
Slow match

noun
1.
Match or fuse made to burn slowly and evenly.





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"Slow match" Quotes from Famous Books



... will. You have first shot. Are you ready? All ready? Very well then. Here's the linstock that you're to fire with." He took up a long stick which had a slow match twisted round it. He lit the slow match by a pocket flint and steel after moving his powder away from him. "Now then," he cried, "are you ready? Stand clear of ...
— Jim Davis • John Masefield


Words linked to "Slow match" :   friction match, lucifer, match


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