(UK) Sociable or friendly.

(informal) Diminutive of mate, friend. / (nautical, slang) A fellow sailor; often used affectedly, especially when portraying a pirate. / (nautical, slang) A dockyard worker.

Early type of firearm, using a smoldering piece of cord to fire the powder in the firing pan. / The gunlock used in such a weapon, having a slow smouldering match, see: slow match.

Alternative form of hatch, match, and dispatch

(anatomy) The tough and inflexible outermost of the three layers of the meninges, enveloping the brain and spinal cord.

(idiomatic) Everything; the entire collection, endeavor, or activity.

A town, the county seat of Motley County, Texas, United States.

Together with lauds, the earliest of the canonical hours; normally at sunrise, but often earlier. / Morning prayers.

plural of matin

(cricket) an administrative official who decides on any penalties for bad conduct etc