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Definition of Slow match
1. Noun. Match or fuse made to burn slowly and evenly.
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
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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