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▪ I. kindling, vbl. n.1|ˈkɪndlɪŋ|
[f. kindle v.1]
1. The action of kindle v.1 in various senses.
a1300Cursor M. 14389 (Gött.) His gode werkes ai to þaim ware Bot soru and kindling of care. c1440Promp. Parv. 275/1 Kynlynge, as fyyr, and oþer lyke.., accensio, succensio. 1550Bale Eng. Votaries ii. (R.), That the publicacion..of that vyce, gaue kyndelinges to the same in the hartes of ydel persons. 1694Kettlewell Comp. Persecuted 66 To warm ourselves at imaginary Fires..of our own kindling. 1871Macduff Mem. Patmos v. 60 So that there are no kindlings of soul as once there were.
2. Material for lighting a fire. In U.S. usually pl.
1513Douglas æneis ix. ii. 89 Eftyr the fyre and kyndillyng did he cry. a1568Wyf of Auchterm. (Bann. MS.) 89 Than he beur kendling to the kill. 1824Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl. 308 If I had got a spunk o' kennelling on t it wad hae become my ain. 1878Mrs. Stowe Poganuc P. ix. 71 Backlog and forestick were soon piled and kindlings laid. 1889Jessopp Coming of Friars ii. 90 Brakes and waste afforded turf..and kindling which all had a right to carry away.
3. attrib. and Comb., as kindling brand, kindling irons, kindling matter; kindling-coal, a piece of burning coal left banked in overnight in order to start the fire in the morning; so kindling-peat; kindling-wood, dry split wood suitable for lighting fires; wood only fit for lighting fires; hence kindling-wood machine, an apparatus for splitting such wood.
1559Richmond Wills (Surtees) 134 One pare of tongs,..ij kenling irons, one standing, one lying. 1577Hellowes Gueuara's Chron. 334 Stubble, stalkes, and strawe, and other kindling matter to burne. 1592Breton Pilgr. Paradise D ij, Thou kindling cole of an infernall fire, Die in the ashes, of thy dead desire. 1850Scoresby Cheever's Whalem. Adv. vi. (1859) 82 The first whale..knocked them [boats] into kindling wood. 1851Stockhardt Chem. (1852) 105 The reason of its being so commonly used for all kindling purposes. 1883Harper's Mag. Oct. 673/1 The farmer sits by the hour splitting kindling-wood.
▪ II. ˈkindling, vbl. n.2
[f. kindle v.2]
1. The bringing forth of young.
c1440Promp. Parv. 275/2 Kenlynge, or forthe bryngyng of yonge beestys (K. kindeling, P. kyndlinge), fetura. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Rabbit, The Tame [Coneys] at one Kindling, bringing forth more than the Wild do.
2. a. collect. A brood or litter; progeny, issue. b. sing. One of a brood or litter; a young animal.
13..K. Alis. 5680 Swich is this addres kyndlyng. 1324Charter in Verse in Rel. Ant. I. 168 Iche Edward Kynge Have yeoven of my forest the keping..To Randolph Peperking ant to his kyndlyng. c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 315 Crist & baptist..clepeden hem kyndlyngis of eddris. c1440Promp. Parv. 275/2 Kynlynge, yonge beeste (S. kyndelynge), fetus. 1563Winȝet Four Scoir Thre Quest. Wks. 1888 I. 118 note, The auld Serpent, and his poysonit Kenling Juliane the Apostate. 1781W. Blane Ess. Hunt. (1788) 103 The three Leverets were the most in number I ever saw, that in appearance were the same Kindling.
▪ III. kindling, ppl. a.|ˈkɪndlɪŋ|
[f. kindle v.1]
That kindles, in senses of the vb. (chiefly intr.).
1483Cath. Angl. 203/2 Kyndyllynge, incendens. 1728–46Thomson Spring 184 Swift fancy..Beholds the kindling country colour round. 1791Cowper Iliad ii. 113 A kindling rumour..Impelled them. 1810Scott Lady of L. iii. viii, Before the kindling pile. 1833H. Martineau Vanderput & S. i. 18 ‘Yes’, added the pastor, gravely meeting the kindling eyes of Christian.
Hence ˈkindlingly adv.
1885G. Meredith Diana III. viii. 137 Man's nuptial half is kindlingly concerned in the launch of a new couple. |