match

1) The several related meanings of this word date back to 1377 at least, referring to devices which were employed to light candles, lamps, and even cannon; usually a piece of slow-burning cord or other material.

1646 they left a lighted match in the fould, Ecclesfield.

places Ecclesfield
dates 1646

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