Part 6260

<blockquote>On all occasions where forbearance might be called for, the Briton <b>kindles</b>, and the Christian gives way. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Kindler</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kin"dler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, kindles, stirs up, or sets on fire.</def>"<i>Kindlers</i> of riot."

<i>Gay.</i>

<h1>Kindless</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kind"less</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a</tt> <def>Destitute of kindness; unnatural.</def><mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Kindless</i> villain."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Kindliness</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kind"li*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Natural inclination; natural course.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The quality or state of being kindly; benignity; benevolence; gentleness; tenderness; <as>as, <ex>kindliness</ex> of disposition, of treatment, or of words</as>.</def>

<blockquote>In kind a father, but not in <b>kindliness</b>. <i>Sackville.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Softness; mildness; propitiousness; <as>as, <ex>kindliness</ex> of weather, or of a season</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Fruits and corn are much advanced by temper of the air and <b>kindliness</b> of seasons. <i>Whitlock.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Kinding</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kin"ding</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The of causing to burn, or of exciting or inflaming the passions.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Materials, easily lighted, for starting a fire.</def>

<h1>Kindly</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kind"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Kindlier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Kindliest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>cyndelic</ets>. See <er>Kind</er>, <tt>n.</tt> ]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>According to the kind or nature; natural.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>The <b>kindly</b> fruits of the earth. <i>Book of Com. Prayer.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>An herd of bulls whom <b>kindly</b> rage doth sting. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Whatsoever as the Son of God he may do, it is <b>kindly</b> for Him as the Son of Man to save the sons of men. <i>L. Andrews.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Humane; congenial; sympathetic; hence, disposed to do good to; benevolent; gracious; kind; helpful; <as>as, <ex>kindly</ex> affections, words, acts, etc.</as></def>

<blockquote>The shade by which my life was crossed, . . . Has made me <b>kindly</b> with my kind. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Favorable; mild; gentle; auspicious; beneficent.</def>

<blockquote>In soft silence shed the <b>kindly</b> shower. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Should e'er a <b>kindlier</b> time ensue. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>