Matchlock
an old form of musket fired by means of a match. They were invented in the first half of the 15th century, and were succeeded by the arquebus.
MATÉ (mä'tā), the plant that yields Paraguay tea, the Ilex Paraguayensis, a kind of holly, natural order Aquifoliaceæ.
It has smooth, ovate-lanceolate, unequally serrated leaves, much branched racemes of flowers, the subdivisions of which are somewhat umbellate. In Brazil and other parts of South America the leaves are extensively used as a substitute for tea, the name maté having been transferred to the plant from the gourd or calabash in which the leaves are infused. Boiling water is poured upon the powdered leaves, then a lump of burned sugar and sometimes a few drops of MATERIALISM lemon juice was added. Usually the in- fusion is sucked through a tube, someto act as a strainer at the lower end. It to act as a strainer at the lower end. It contains theine, and acts as a slight aperient and diuretic.