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; as, to inflame anger, desire, etc.

To is to send forth a volume of flame.

To is to burn with a smothered combustion, as when the air has not free access to the burning matter.

[flagratum], to burn with an accompaniment of flame. (L. )

Flagrant, blazing with violence. Used only in a fig. sense; as, a flagrant crime.

Conflagration, the burning of a large mass or extended collection of combustibles; as the burning of a forest or of a number of houses in a city. (Con, together.)

Deflagrate, to burn with a sudden and sparkling combustion. Nitre, when thrown on burning coals, will deflagrate.

[incensun], to set on fire. (L.) Hence,

To In'cense, odorous spices and gums burnt in religious worship.

To Incense', to inflame with anger.

[arsum], to burn with great heat. (L.) Hence,

Ardent, burning; as, an ardent fever; an ardent zeal; an ardent desire.

Ardor, a high degree of heat; as, the ardor of the sun's rays. Fig., Great warmth of the commendable affections and passions; as, the ardor of love; to pursue one's studies with ardor.

Arson, the crime of house-burning.

To is to apply fire to any combustible mass or substance, and cause combustion to begin.

To is to cause combustion to begin and get under way by nursing the incipient flame.

is any substance that serves as an aliment (or food) for fire. (Fr., feu, fire.)

is scorched lint used to catch a spark in kindling.

is decayed wood that will take fire from a spark produced by striking a piece of steel against a flint. (So called because the touch of a spark will ignite it.)

is a kind of fungus used for tinder.

A is, 1. A small bit of pine wood with one end dipped in some chemical preparation that is easily ignited by friction. These are called friction matches. They have likewise been called lucifer matches. 2. A bit of tow, cotton, etc., dipped in sulphur and used in kindling. 3. A piece of hempen cord lighted at one end, and used in firing a cannon.

To is to cause combustion entirely to cease.

[extinctum], to put out. (L.) Hence,

Extinguish, to put out; as, to extinguish a candle. Figuratively, we may speak of extinguishing life or hope.

Extinct, lit, extinguished. (Used chiefly in a fig. sense, as when we speak of life being extinct, or when we say that the mammoth belonged to a species of animals that is now extinct.)

consists of imperfectly burned particles which pass off from burning matter in a visible form.

consists of imperfectly burned particles of carbonaceous matter.

is soot employed as a paint.