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(măch)
(măch)n.
1. A narrow piece of material, usually wood or cardboard, coated on one end with a compound that ignites when scratched against a rough or chemically treated surface.
2. An easily ignited cord or wick, formerly used to detonate powder charges or to fire cannons and muzzle-loading firearms.
[Middle English mecche, macche, lamp wick, from Anglo-Norman meche, mesche, perhaps ultimately from Latin myxa, a lamp's nozzle, from Greek muxa, mucus, lamp wick.]
- Indo-European root: ais-
- Indo-European root: aiw-
- Indo-European root: ak-
- Indo-European root: akw-ā-
- Indo-European root: al-
- Indo-European root: al-
- Indo-European root: al-
- Indo-European root: albho-
- Indo-European root: alu-
- Indo-European root: ambhi
- Indo-European root: an-
- Indo-European root: angh-
- Indo-European root: ansu-
- Indo-European root: ant-
- Indo-European root: anə-
- Indo-European root: apo-
- Indo-European root: ar-
- Indo-European root: arg-
- Indo-European root: as-
- Indo-European root: at-
- Indo-European root: au-
- Indo-European root: aug-
- Indo-European root: aus-
- Indo-European root: awi-
- Indo-European root: awo-