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the small wood that proves the biggest fires start with humble volunteers
means Small, easily lit sticks and twigs used to start a fire before adding larger logs.
from From the Old Norse verb 'kynda,' meaning to set fire to or ignite, which gave Middle English 'kindlen' (to catch fire or set alight). 'Kindling' is simply the act of kindling made into a thing — the very stuff that does the catching. The identical-looking word for animals giving birth to a litter is a separate cousin, from Old English 'cynd' (kind, nature), so a rabbit 'kindling' her young and a fire's kindling only sound related.
- surface area
- thin pieces ignite fast by exposing more burnable edges
- fire triangle
- bridges tiny flame to logs too stubborn to catch
- word root
- shares ancestry with kindle, meaning to give birth
- dry rule
- moisture is the enemy, seasoned wood the loyal ally
the great chicago fire — october 8, 1871 fire that destroyed 3 square miles of chicago and killed over 300 people
operation barbarossa — nazi germany's 1941 invasion of soviet union, described as the spark that ignited wwii's deadliest theater