"friction match" meaning in English

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      "form": "friction matches",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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              35,
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          "ref": "1847, editorial staff, “Friction Matches”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 10, page 73:",
          "text": "One house sends annually to London friction matches to the amount of 120,000 francs.",
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      "glosses": [
        "A match activated by the heat from friction when struck against some surface."
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "sense": "slow burning",
          "word": "fusee"
        },
        {
          "sense": "slow burning",
          "word": "fuse"
        },
        {
          "sense": "slow burning",
          "word": "fuze"
        },
        {
          "sense": "slow burning",
          "word": "Vesuvian"
        },
        {
          "sense": "white phosphorus matches",
          "word": "phosphorus match"
        },
        {
          "sense": "red phosphorus matches",
          "word": "safety match"
        },
        {
          "sense": "low-sulfur or sulfurfree matches",
          "word": "parlor match"
        }
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      "links": [
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          "match",
          "match"
        ],
        [
          "activate",
          "activate"
        ],
        [
          "heat",
          "heat"
        ],
        [
          "friction",
          "friction"
        ],
        [
          "struck",
          "struck"
        ],
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          "some",
          "some"
        ],
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          "surface",
          "surface"
        ]
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lucifer"
        },
        {
          "english": "inexact",
          "translation": "inexact",
          "word": "lucifer match"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "friction light"
        }
      ]
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  "word": "friction match"
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      "sense": "slow burning",
      "word": "fusee"
    },
    {
      "sense": "slow burning",
      "word": "fuse"
    },
    {
      "sense": "slow burning",
      "word": "fuze"
    },
    {
      "sense": "slow burning",
      "word": "Vesuvian"
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    {
      "sense": "white phosphorus matches",
      "word": "phosphorus match"
    },
    {
      "sense": "red phosphorus matches",
      "word": "safety match"
    },
    {
      "sense": "low-sulfur or sulfurfree matches",
      "word": "parlor match"
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "text": "One house sends annually to London friction matches to the amount of 120,000 francs.",
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        "A match activated by the heat from friction when struck against some surface."
      ],
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          "activate",
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          "heat",
          "heat"
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          "friction",
          "friction"
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          "struck",
          "struck"
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          "some",
          "some"
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          "surface"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "lucifer"
    },
    {
      "english": "inexact",
      "translation": "inexact",
      "word": "lucifer match"
    },
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        "obsolete"
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      "word": "friction light"
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  "word": "friction match"
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