slow match
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slow match
n.
A match or fuse that burns slowly at a known rate and is used to set off explosives or fire cannons and muzzle-loading firearms.
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slow match
n
(Chemistry) a match or fuse that burns slowly without flame, esp a wick impregnated with potassium nitrate
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
slow′ match′
n.
a slow-burning match or fuse, often consisting of a rope or cord soaked in a solution of saltpeter.
[1795–1805]
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| Noun | 1. | slow match - match or fuse made to burn slowly and evenly friction match,match,lucifer - lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction; "he always carries matches to light his pipe"; "as long you've a lucifer to light your fag" |
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This they used as aslow match, carrying it always lighted.
If you could get a bag of blasting powder at the front door with aslow match to it--"
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Now and then during the night horses had galloped at a smart pace over the Buytenhof, the heavy tramp of the patrols had resounded from the pavement, and theslow matches of the arquebuses, flaring in the east wind, had thrown up at intervals a sudden glare as far as to the panes of his window.
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