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.
Kindling \Kin"dling\ (k[i^]n"dl[i^]ng), n. 1. The act of causing to burn, or of exciting or inflaming the passions.
2. Materials, easily lighted, for starting a fire, such as small twigs or paper; -- also used in the pl..
Two intriguing messages from a Lebanese terrorist group, the recent release of a West German hostage, and an apparent political shift in Iran are kindling fresh hopes that some of the nine American hostages in Lebanon will be set free this year.
The Footsie had touched 3,110.7 yesterday morning, kindling fears that 3,100 might be challenged. The initial setback was influenced in part by awareness that a heavy seller of stock index futures at Thursday's close was still in the wings.
"It went up whole, like a kite, and flew on over the tops of the trees and smashed in the road just like so much kindling wood," recalls Avery, now 89.
Police saved the victim as residents placed kindling at his feet, and he was not seriously hurt, the report said.
The danger is that the weakness of sterling is now kindling speculation about a devaluation within the ERM.