Defn: One who, or that which, matches; a matching machine. See under 3d Match.
MATCH GAME
Match game.
Defn: A game arranged as a test of superiority; also, one of a series of such games.
MATCHLESS
Match"less, a. Etym: [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.
Defn: 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.