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kindle-coals

kindle-coals is the plural of kindle-coal.

Meaning of kindle-coal

Noun

kindle-coal (plural kindle-coals)

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete) A troublemaker.
    • Many a ſharp conflict there hath been betwixt Saint and Saint, ſcuffling in the dark through miſunderſtanding of the truth, and each other: Abraham and Lot at ſtrife. Aaron and Miriam juſtled with Moſes for the wall, till God interpoſed and ended the quarrel by his immediate ſtroak on Miriam. The...1655, William Gurnall, chapter II, in Christian in Compleat Armour, 3rd edition, volume 1, section 3, published 1658, pages 174–175

Questions about kindle-coals

What is kindle-coals the plural of?
Kindle-coals is the plural of kindle-coal.

Words near kindle-coals in the dictionary

  1. kindish
  2. kindjal
  3. kindjals
  4. kindle
  5. kindle-coal
  6. kindle-coals
  7. kindle-fire
  8. kindle-fires
  9. kindled
  10. kindler
  11. Kindler syndrome

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