Fire: alternatives and connections

To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.

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To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.

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Burnt; consumed.

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Burnt; consumed.

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Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed.

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Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed.

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That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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To prepare, as food, by cooking in a dry heat, either in an oven or under coals, or on heated stone or metal; as, to bake bread, meat, apples.

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To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.

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A violent gust of wind.

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That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.

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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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The state of burning.

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To have a beginning or origin; to originate; to start; to begin.

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Created; composed; begotten.

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The rules and principles which regulate the practice of the critic; the art of judging with knowledge and propriety of the beauties and faults of a l…

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To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish.

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To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish; to clear away; to banish; to dissipate; as, to dispel a cloud, vapors, cares, doubts, illusion…

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One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are…

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The part a chimney appropriated to the fire; a hearth; -- usually an open recess in a wall, in which a fire may be built.

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Any matter used to produce heat by burning; that which feeds fire; combustible matter used for fires, as wood, coal, peat, etc.

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To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provis…

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To beget; to procreate; to propagate; to produce (a being similar to the parent); to engender; as, every animal generates its own species.

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Jet, the mineral.

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The pavement or floor of brick, stone, or metal in a chimney, on which a fire is made; the floor of a fireplace; also, a corresponding part of a stov…

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To lead in; to introduce.

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A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision.

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Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental.

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To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

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A rushing onward.

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A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.

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An attack; an onset; esp., a furious or murderous attack or assault.

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A suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress (as, a cardiac passion); specifically, the suffering of Christ betwee…

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The state or quality of being passionate.

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To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.

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To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.

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One who rends.

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The act of falling or tumbling down; fall.

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An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artifi…

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To leap; to jump.

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To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…

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To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an a…

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The act of trying or testing in any manner.

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That which occasions distress, trouble, or vexation; severe affliction.

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To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance, substance, position, or the like; to make different by a partial change; to modify; as, to var…

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The act of visiting, or the state of being visited; access for inspection or examination.

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Trouble; vexation; also, physical pain or smart of a sore, etc.

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A violent gust of wind.

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To injure, as by a blow or collision, without laceration; to contuse; as, to bruise one's finger with a hammer; to bruise the bark of a tree with a s…

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To burn; to reduce to ashes by the action of fire, either directly or in an oven or retort; to incremate or incinerate; as, to cremate a corpse, inst…

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To scatter in fight; to put to rout; to defeat.

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To disarrange; to interfere with; to disturb; to disorder; to unsettle; to break up.

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To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy.

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To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.

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To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

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The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

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To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a per…

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Leave of abserice; especially, leave given to an offcer or soldier to be absent from service for a certain time; also, the document granting leave of…

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A simultaneous discharge of firearms.

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To make glad; to cheer; to please; to gratify; to rejoice; to exhilarate.

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A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as manifested in fire…

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A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.

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To kindle or set on fire; as, to ignite paper or wood.

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Infatuated.

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To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.

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To do harm to; to impair the excellence and value of; to hurt; to damage; -- used in a variety of senses; as: (a) To hurt or wound, as the person; to…

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To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest…

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To ask; to request; to bid; to summon; to ask to do some act, or go to some place; esp., to ask to an entertainment or visit; to request the company…

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The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune, and the l…

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To strike against; to attack; to assail.

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To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to vanquish; to subdue; as, the light overpowers the eyes.

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To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; to catch up with.

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To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to immerse and bear down; to overpower; t…

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A small, sharp, quick explosive sound or report; as, to go off with a pop.

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That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer.

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To kindle again.

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To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.

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To burn superficially; to parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; to subject to so much heat as changes color and texture without consuming; as,…

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obs. p. p. of Shake.

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A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of having done something which injures reputation, or of the exposure of t…

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An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artifi…

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Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite.

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To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…

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To change the place of in any manner; to move.

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A tier, row, or rank. See Tier.

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A light or luminary formed of some combustible substance, as of resinous wood; a large candle or flambeau, or a lamp giving a large, flaring flame.

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To make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action; to put out of tune.

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To set up; to put upright.

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The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, any track; as, the wake of an army.

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To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf.

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A signal fire; an alarm fire.

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An artificial bar or obstruction placed in a river or water course to increase the depth of water; as, the barrages of the Nile.

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The act of battering or beating.

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A stream of gas or vapor emitting light and heat in the process of combustion; a bright flame.

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of Blaze

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An attack upon a fortress or fortified town, with shells, hot shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot into a town or fortified place.

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A large fire built in the open air, as an expression of public joy and exultation, or for amusement.

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The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter.

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A fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.

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To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares.

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The act of one who murders or kills his own brother.

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A simultaneous discharge of firearms.

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The act of igniting, kindling, or setting on fire.

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An exception; a reservation; an excuse.

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of Shell

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Alt. of Smoulder

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To burn and smoke without flame; to waste away by a slow and supressed combustion.

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A suffocating smoke.

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A flight of missiles, as arrows, bullets, or the like; the simultaneous discharge of a number of small arms.

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Passionate ardor in the pursuit of anything; eagerness in favor of a person or cause; ardent and active interest; engagedness; enthusiasm; fervor.

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To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.

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To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.

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To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

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To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

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The act dismissing or sending away; permission to leave; leave to depart; dismissal; as, the dismission of the grand jury.

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The act dismissing or sending away; permission to leave; leave to depart; dismissal; as, the dismission of the grand jury.

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Consisting of, containing, or resembling, fire; as, the fiery gulf of Etna; a fiery appearance.

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Consisting of, containing, or resembling, fire; as, the fiery gulf of Etna; a fiery appearance.

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Any matter used to produce heat by burning; that which feeds fire; combustible matter used for fires, as wood, coal, peat, etc.

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Any matter used to produce heat by burning; that which feeds fire; combustible matter used for fires, as wood, coal, peat, etc.

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To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

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To kindle or set on fire; as, to ignite paper or wood.

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That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.

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Heat, in a literal sense; as, the ardor of the sun's rays.

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To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dor…

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To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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A violent gust of wind.

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To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.

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an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.]

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To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

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To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.

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To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…

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Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.

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To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle.

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To call out; to summon forth.

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The state of being fervent or warm; ardor; warmth of feeling or devotion; eagerness.

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Heat; excessive warmth.

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The act of disharging firearms.

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A stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat; darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire.

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Any matter used to produce heat by burning; that which feeds fire; combustible matter used for fires, as wood, coal, peat, etc.

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To kindle or set on fire; as, to ignite paper or wood.

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To bring forth young.

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That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.

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To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite…

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To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

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A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.

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To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by a line.

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