
1) Agrees 2) Bouts 3) Contests 4) Equals 5) Goes with 6) Jibes 7) Pairs 8) Parallels 9) Peers 10) Sees 11) Syncs 12) Tallies
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1) Corresponds exactly 2) Court sessions 3) Sporting fixtures 4) Sticks in a box 5) Tennis contests 6) Tennis games
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Matches, in the most common sense of the term, are splints or small slips of wood, one end of which is dipped into a composition that ignites by friction or other means.
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The first lucifer matches, originated by Chancel in 1805, consisted of sticks tipped with a mixture of potassium chlorate and sugar, bound together by gum, and were fired by touching the tip upon concentrated sulphuric acid, which was carried separately in a bottle and soaked up in asbestos. These matches began to displace the tinder-box from about...
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