kindle-coal | Idiomator

Meaning: (obsolete,idiomatic)Atroublemaker.1655,William Gurnall, chapter II, inChristian in Compleat Armour‎[1], 3rd edition, volume 1, section 3, published1658, pages174–175:Many a ſharp conflict there hath been betwixt Saint and Saint, ſcuffling in the dark through miſunderſtanding of the truth, and each other:AbrahamandLotat ſtrife.AaronandMiriamjuſtled withMoſesfor the wall, till God interpoſed and ended the quarrel by his immediate ſtroak onMiriam. The Apoſtles even in the preſence of their Maſter, were at high words, conteſting who ſhould be greateſt. Now in theve Civil wars among Saints, Satan is the greatkindle-coale, though little ſeen, becauſe, likeAhab, he fights in a diſguiſe, playing firſt on one ſide, and then on the other, aggravating every petty injury, and thereupon provoking to wrath and revenge[…]

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