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Kindle :: Kindle (v. t.) Fig.: To inflame, as the passions; to rouse; to provoke; to excite to action; to heat; to fire; to animate; to incite; as, to kindle anger or wrath; to kindle the flame of love, or love into a flame..

Stake :: Stake (v. t.) The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned; hence, martyrdom by fire..

Cock :: Cock (v. t.) To draw the hammer of (a firearm) fully back and set it for firing.

Extinguish :: Extinguish (v. t.) To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love, or hope, a pretense or a right..

Fireboard :: Fireboard (n.) A chimney board or screen to close a fireplace when not in use.

Carcass :: Carcass (n.) A hollow case or shell, filled with combustibles, to be thrown from a mortar or howitzer, to set fire to buldings, ships, etc..

Prester :: Prester (n.) A meteor or exhalation formerly supposed to be thrown from the clouds with such violence that by collision it is set on fire.

Explode :: Explode (v. t.) To cause to explode or burst noisily; to detonate; as, to explode powder by touching it with fire..

Ammunition :: Ammunition (n.) Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc..

Incension :: Incension (n.) The act of kindling, or the state of being kindled or on fire..

Wildfire :: Wildfire (n.) A sort of lightning unaccompanied by thunder.

Hastener :: Hastener (n.) That which hastens; especially, a stand or reflector used for confining the heat of the fire to meat while roasting before it..

Jinnee :: "Jinnee (n.) A genius or demon; one of the fabled genii, good and evil spirits, supposed to be the children of fire, and to have the power of assuming various forms..

Tread :: Tread (n.) The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet..

Erysipelas :: Erysipelas (n.) St. Anthony's fire; a febrile disease accompanied with a diffused inflammation of the skin, which, starting usually from a single point, spreads gradually over its surface. It is usually regarded as contagious, and often occurs epidemically..

Blower :: Blower (n.) A device for producing a current of air; as: (a) A metal plate temporarily placed before the upper part of a grate or open fire. (b) A machine for producing an artificial blast or current of air by pressure, as for increasing the draft of a furnace, ventilating a building or shaft, cleansing gram, etc..

Die :: Die (v. i.) To pass from an animate to a lifeless state; to cease to live; to suffer a total and irreparable loss of action of the vital functions; to become dead; to expire; to perish; -- said of animals and vegetables; often with of, by, with, from, and rarely for, before the cause or occasion of death; as, to die of disease or hardships; to die by fire or the sword; to die with horror at the thought..

Aventure :: Aventure (n.) A mischance causing a person's death without felony, as by drowning, or falling into the fire..

Harquebuse :: Harquebuse (n.) A firearm with match holder, trigger, and tumbler, made in the second half of the 15th century. the barrel was about forty inches long. A form of the harquebus was subsequently called arquebus with matchlock..

Cannonier :: Cannonier (n.) A man who manages, or fires, cannon..

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