'Matching machine' definitions:

Definition of 'Matching machine'

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  • Match \Match\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Matched; p. pr. & vb. n. Matching.]
  • 1. To be a mate or match for; to be able to complete with; to rival successfully; to equal. [1913 Webster]
  • No settled senses of the world can match The pleasure of that madness. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To furnish with its match; to bring a match, or equal, against; to show an equal competitor to; to set something in competition with, or in opposition to, as equal. [1913 Webster]
  • No history or antiquity can matchis policies and his conduct. --South. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To oppose as equal; to contend successfully against. [1913 Webster]
  • Eternal might To match with their inventions they presumed So easy, and of his thunder made a scorn. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To make or procure the equal of, or that which is exactly similar to, or corresponds with; as, to match a vase or a horse; to match cloth. "Matching of patterns and colors." --Swift. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To make equal, proportionate, or suitable; to adapt, fit, or suit (one thing to another). [1913 Webster]
  • Let poets match their subject to their strength. --Roscommon. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To marry; to give in marriage. [1913 Webster]
  • A senator of Rome survived, Would not have matched his daughter with a king. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and a groove, at the edges; as, to match boards. [1913 Webster]
  • Matching machine, a planing machine for forming a tongue or a groove on the edge of a board. [1913 Webster]