In*cen"di*a*ry . [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.
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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.
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