Sekirov Dictionary

kindling

/ˈkɪnd.lɪŋ/

noun 2
adjective 1
forms 3

noun2

•
Small pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire.
- Go and collect some kindling.
•
The act by which something is kindled.
- December 14, 1784, Hester Rogers, letter to the Rev. Mr. Fletcher The kindlings of love which had been felt before, now became a flame in every believing soul; and when fallen on our knees, the power of God descended of a truth […]

adjective1

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Illuminated, lit.
- The morning o'er the gilded grove Bright on the kindling landscape fell, I sought her where she oft did rove In want and sorrow's lonely cell;— — 1827

forms

kindlings · more kindling · most kindling

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