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To bring forth young. [Obs.] Shak. The poor beast had but lately kindled. Holland.

One who, or that which, kindles, stirs up, or sets on fire."Kindlers of riot." Gay.

Destitute of kindness; unnatural.[Obs.] "Kindless villain." Shak.

To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle. Shak.

To kindle amiss; to inflame to a bad purpose; to excite wrongly.

To enkindle again.

To kindle again.

Kindled of itself, or without extraneous aid or power. Dryden.

To set on fire; to kindle. [Obs.] Fotherby.

Capacity of being kindled, or of becoming inflamed; inflammability.

Capable of being inflamed or kindled; combustible; inflammable. Ure.

The act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition. Locke.

To renew or enkindle (a fire). [Obs.] Chaucer.

the heathen Celts on the first day of May, in the observance of which great bonfires were kindled. It still exists in a modified form in some parts of Scotland and Ireland.

hand of one who faces the north; the point directly opposite to the west. The east began kindle. E. Everett.

Enkindled and kindling fervor of soul; strong excitement of feeling on behalf of a cause or a subject; ardent and imaginative zeal or interest; as, he engaged in his profession with enthusiasm. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. Emerson.

o; equal; to match. [Obs.] It could not equalize the hundredth part Of what her eyes have kindled in my heart. Waller. Equalizing bar (Railroad Mach.), a lever connecting two axle boxes, or two springs in a car truck or locomotive, to equalize the pressure on the axles.

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 person, the spirits, the passions; to excite a mutiny or insurrection; to excite heat by friction.

To drive out with violence and noise, as by powder. But late the kindled powder did explode The massy ball and the brass tube unload. Blackmore.

A fire kindled in a public place in token of joy; a bonfire; a firing of guns in token of joy.