Obs. [f. KINDLE v.1 + COAL.] A kindler of strife; a mischief-maker. Cf. next.
1632. Sherwood, Kindle-cole (or stirre-suit).
1635. R. N., Camden’s Hist. Eliz., IV. an. 42. 534. Essex … hearkened to Cuffe and other kindle-coles of sedition.
1650. Hubbert, Pill Formality, 5. Art thou a kindle-coal and an incendiary?
1655. Gurnall, Chr. in Arm., I. 175. In these civil wars among Saints, Satan is the great kindle-coal.
