Definition of "quick-match" []

• See match. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The infection caught like a quick-match, and ran like wildfire through all those in the family who had not previously had the disease."
• "Pencroft, holding the end of the quick-match, stood ready to fire."
• "There was a pause as fire ate up the worsted quick-match that had been soaked with a liquid solution of mealed powder, spirits of wine, and isinglass."