the spark kindled the dry wood

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• kin´dler — kin|dle1 «KIHN duhl», verb, dled, dling. –v.t. 1. to set fire to; light; ignite: »Light the paper with a match to kindle the wood. 2. Figurative. to stir up; arouse: »His cruelty kindled our anger. SYNONYM(S): inflame, excite, rouse, i …   Useful english dictionary

• kin|dle — kin|dle1 «KIHN duhl», verb, dled, dling. –v.t. 1. to set fire to; light; ignite: »Light the paper with a match to kindle the wood. 2. Figurative. to stir up; arouse: »His cruelty kindled our anger. SYNONYM(S): inflame, excite, rouse, i …   Useful english dictionary

• Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …   Universalium

• Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …   Universalium