Definition of Slow match

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

Generic synonyms: Friction Match, Lucifer, Match

Definition of Slow match

1. Noun. a slow-burning fuse used to ignite a matchlock musket or fire a cannon ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slow Match

slow ball
slow bowler
slow burn
slow burns
slow channel-blocking agent
slow clap
slow combustion
slow cooker
slow cookers
slow down
slow fever
slow food
slow in
slow lane
slow loris
slow match (current term)
slow motion
slow muscle
slow news day
slow out
slow oven
slow ovens
slow pyrolysis
slow ray
slow reacting substance of anaphylaxis
slow roll
slow scan
slow time scale
slow up

Literary usage of Slow match

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"Its bark serves as cordage, and is used as a slow match for guns. It has large greenish-white flowers, •with some deep red filaments. ..."

2. Hand-book of Artillery for the Service of the United States: (Army & Militia). by Joseph Roberts (1863)
"How long does slow-match prepared from hemp or flax burn? ... What is the use of slow-match ? It is used principally for the purpose of retaining fire in ..."

3. A Military Dictionary: Or, Explaination of the Several Systems of Discipline by William Duane (1810)
"The slow match used by the English is made by contract ; on • yard 'of it will burn about 8 ... slow match was made at Gibraltar, I during the last siege, ..."

4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"A kind of slow- match carried by musketeers of the sixteenth century for firing their matchlocks, having the form of a stout cord and carried loose in the ..."

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