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kindling

noun
/ˈkɪnd.lɪŋ/

Etymology

From kindle + -ing.

  1. derived from *kundijaną✻
  2. derived from kynda
  3. inherited from kyndelen
  4. suffixed as kindling — “kindle + ing”

Definitions

  1. Small pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire.

    • Go and collect some kindling.

  2. 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 […]

  3. 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;—
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. present participle and gerund of kindle

      • Despite the damp wood, he had no trouble kindling a fire.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA