Definition

• n. - Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp., a small strip or splint of wood dipped at one end in a substance which can be easily ignited by friction, as a preparation of phosphorus or chlorate of potassium.
• v. - A person or thing equal or similar to another; one able to mate or cope with another; an equal; a mate.
• v. - A bringing together of two parties suited to one another, as for a union, a trial of skill or force, a contest, or the like
• v. - A contest to try strength or skill, or to determine superiority; an emulous struggle.
• v. - A matrimonial union; a marriage.
• v. - An agreement, compact, etc.