a kind of rope slightly twisted, and prepared to retain fire for the uses of artillery, mines, fireworks, &c.

It is made of hempen tow, spun on the wheel like cord, but very flack; and is composed of three twits, which are afterwards again covered with tow, so that the twits do not appear: lastly, it is boiled in the lees of old wines. This, when once lighted at the end, burns on gradually and regularly, without ever going out out till the whole be consumed: the hardest and driest match is generally the best.

Quick-Match. See Quick-Match.