Both Uses of
kindle
in
All Over but the Shoutin'
- It is a fine newspaper, she tells everyone, and good kindling.†
Chpt 2.16kindling = starting or spreading (a fire); or twigs, sticks, or other easily combustible material used to start a fire
- I had written a hundred stories, staring across at them, and for some reason the sight of them, in kindling, saddened me worse than any other structural harm.†
Chpt 2.28 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(kindle as in: dry twigs to kindle a fire) start (a fire)
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(2)
(kindle as in: it may kindle her interest) arouse or inspire
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, Kindle can refer to a computer-reading tablet sold by Amazon.