friction match (frikshonmach)

tipped with a compound which ignites by friction: the usual form of match in domestic use. The first chemical matches were invented in Paris in 1805; and soon after 1827, when the composition of friction fair, i. e., day). The name Frigg appears in Icel. only as the name of a godde , the wife of Odin, different from Freyja; Freyja; in AS. from the same root as free, friend, frith1, etc.; cf. Skt. priyā, f., one beloved: see free, friend, frith1.] The sixth day of the week. Friday is the Mohammedan sabbath or "day of a embly." It is said in the Mohammedan traditions to have been established by divine command as a day of worship for Jew and Christian alike, as being the day on which Adam was created and received into Paradise, the day on which he was expelled from it, the day on which he repented, and the day on which he died. It will, according to the same traditions, be the day of the resurrection. In the Roman and Eastern and Anglican churches, all Fridays except Christmas came into general use, superseding the various applications of the flint and steel which had until then been relied on.