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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A match that can be lighted only by being struck against a chemically prepared friction surface.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
match .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
match designed so it can only beignited on a specialfriction surface .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a paper match that strikes only on a specially prepared surface
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