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† ˈkindle-coal Obs.
[f. kindle v.1 + coal.]
A kindler of strife; a mischief-maker. Cf. next.
1632Sherwood, Kindle-cole (or stirre-suit). 1635R. N. Camden's Hist. Eliz. iv. an. 42. 534 Essex..hearkened to Cuffe and other kindle-coles of sedition. 1650T. Hubbert Pill Formality 5 Art thou a kindle-coal and an incendiary? 1655W. Gurnall Chr. in Arm. i. 175 In these civil wars among Saints, Satan is the great kindle-coal. |