[kind-ling] 
| 1. | material that can be readily ignited, used in starting a fire. |
| 2. | the act of one who kindles. |
[kin-dl] verb, -dled, -dling.| 1. | to start (a fire); cause (a flame, blaze, etc.) to begin burning. |
| 2. | to set fire to or ignite (fuel or any combustible matter). |
| 3. | to excite; stir up or set going; animate; rouse; inflame: He kindled their hopes of victory. |
| 4. | to light up, illuminate, or make bright: Happiness kindled her eyes. |
| 5. | to begin to burn, as combustible matter, a light, fire, or flame. |
| 6. | to become aroused or animated. |
| 7. | to become lighted up, bright, or glowing, as the sky at dawn or the eyes with ardor. |
[kin-dl] verb, -dled, -dling, noun | 1. | (of animals, esp. rabbits) to bear (young); produce (offspring). |
| 2. | (of animals, esp. rabbits) to give birth, as to a litter. |
| 3. | a litter of kittens, rabbits, etc. |
| kin·dle 1 (kĭn'dl) v. kin·dled, kin·dling, kin·dles v. tr.
[Middle English kindelen (influenced by kindelen, to give birth to, cause), probably from Old Norse kynda.] kin'dler n. |
| kin·dle 2 (kĭn'dl) n. A brood or litter, especially of kittens. See Synonyms at flock1. intr.v. kin·dled, kin·dling, kin·dles To give birth to young. Used especially of rabbits. [Middle English kindelen, to give birth to, from kindel, offspring, from Old English gecynd; see kind2.] |
| kin·dling (kĭnd'lĭng) n. Easily ignited material, such as dry sticks of wood, used to start a fire. Also called regionally fat pine, fatwood, lightwood. In the southern United States, there are several regional terms for kindling. Lightwood, derived from the verb light (as in to light a fire), probably originated in Virginia and is now used throughout the South and especially in the South Atlantic states. Fatwood is used chiefly in Florida and Georgia. Fat pine also refers to the longleaf pine, native to the Gulf states, whose resin makes even a small sliver of the wood easily kindled. |