Incendiary \In*cen"di*a*ry\ (?; 277), n.; pl. Incendiaries.
[L. incendiarius: cf. F. incendiaire. See Incense to
inflame.]
1. Any person who maliciously sets fire to a building or
other valuable or other valuable property.
2. A person who excites or inflames factions, and promotes
quarrels or sedition; an agitator; an exciter.
Several cities . . . drove them out as incendiaries.
--Bentley.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Incendiary \In*cen"di*a*ry\, a. [L. incendiarius, fr. incendium
a fire, conflagration: cf. F. incendiaire. See Incense to
inflame.]
1. Of or pertaining to incendiarism, or the malicious burning
of valuable property; as, incendiary material; as
incendiary crime.
2. Tending to excite or inflame factions, sedition, or
quarrel; inflammatory; seditious. --Paley.
Incendiary shell, a bombshell. See Carcass, 4.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |