kindling : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: kindling	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kindling n material for starting a fire [syn: kindling, tinder, touchwood, spunk, punk] the act of setting something on fire Synonym(s): ignition, firing, lighting, kindling, inflammation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kindle \Kin`dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kindled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Kindling}.] [Icel. kyndill candle, torch; prob. fr. L. candela; cf. also Icel. kynda to kindle. Cf. {Candle}.] 1. To set on fire; to cause to burn with flame; to ignite; to cause to begin burning; to start; to light; as, to kindle a match, or shavings. His breath kindleth coals. --Job xii. 21. 2. Fig.: To inflame, as the passions; to rouse; to provoke; to excite to action; to heat; to fire; to animate; to incite; as, to kindle anger or wrath; to kindle the flame of love, or love into a flame. So is a contentious man to kindle strife. --Prov. xxvi. 21. Nothing remains but that I kindle the boy thither. --Shak. Kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam. --Milton. Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire. --Dryden. Syn: Enkindle; light; ignite; inflame; provoke; excite; arouse; stir up.