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  • 11kindling wood — n. small sticks of wood or other flammable materials that are used for starting fires …

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  • 12kindling — noun 1》 small sticks or twigs used for lighting fires. 2》 (in neurology) a process by which an event in the brain is initiated and its recurrence made more likely …

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  • 13kindling — noun (U) small pieces of dry wood, leaves etc that you use for starting a fire …

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  • 14kindling — [ˈkɪndlɪŋ] noun [U] small pieces of wood that you use for starting a fire …

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  • 15kindling — n. small sticks etc. for lighting fires …

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  • 16Old Wives for New — Directed by Cecil B. DeMille Produced by Cecil B. DeMille Written by Jeanie MacPherson David Graham Phillips Star …

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  • 17fire drill — noun an exercise intended to train people in duties and escape procedures to be followed in case of fire • Hypernyms: ↑exercise, ↑practice, ↑drill, ↑practice session, ↑recitation * * * noun 1. : a primitive device for kindling fire consisting of… …

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  • 18Need-fire — Need fire, or Wild fire (Ger. Notfeuer, O. Ger. nodfyr, Scottish Gaelic tein éigin), a term used in folklore to denote a curious superstition which survived in the Scottish Highlands until a recent date. Like the fire churning still customary in… …

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  • 19lightwood — /luyt wood , ood/, n. Southern U.S. 1. Also called fatwood. kindling. 2. resinous pine wood used for kindling. [1675 85; LIGHT1 + WOOD1] * * * …

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  • 20lightwood — light•wood [[t]ˈlaɪtˌwʊd, ʊd[/t]] n. Southern U.S. 1) dial. kindling 2) cvb dial. resinous pine wood used for kindling • Etymology: 1675–85 …

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