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- noun Plural form of
kindle .
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Examples
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The same heavenly altar which would have kindled the sweet incense of prayer bringing down blessing upon earth, by man's sin kindles the fiery descending curse.
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His counsels shall be his ruin; his own skin kindles the fire of God's wrath, which shall burn to the lowest hell, and none shall quench it.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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Saxon from the South, or the dark-haired, sallow-visaged Celt from the Highlands, driven forth by the gaunt hand of famine, all look back to Scotland as to “_their country_” — the mention of its name kindles animation in the dim eye of age, and causes the bounding heart of youth to leap with enthusiasm.
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Celt from the Highlands, driven forth by the gaunt hand of famine, all look back to Scotland as to "_their country_" -- the mention of its name kindles animation in the dim eye of age, and causes the bounding heart of youth to leap with enthusiasm.
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I don't support the idea of kindles for students less than college age, since I think the kids would destroy them quickly, and we, the taxpayers, would have to foot the bill for replacements.
TG Daily - All News 2009
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It's books rather than kindles - a reaction to the digital world.
Annabel Tollman: Fashion She Writes Annabel Tollman 2012
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It's books rather than kindles - a reaction to the digital world.
Annabel Tollman: Fashion She Writes Annabel Tollman 2012
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It's books rather than kindles - a reaction to the digital world.
Annabel Tollman: Fashion She Writes Annabel Tollman 2012
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It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another
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It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another … same sourceDesiderius (Quote)
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