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Incendiary \In*cen"di*a*ry\, a. [L. incendiarius, fr. incendium
a fire, conflagration: cf. F. incendiaire. See {Incense} to
inflame.]
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1. Of or pertaining to incendiarism, or the malicious burning
of valuable property; as, incendiary material; as
incendiary crime.
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2. Tending to excite or inflame factions, sedition, or
quarrel; inflammatory; seditious. --Paley.
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{Incendiary device}, a device designed to set a structure on
fire; a firebomb.

{Incendiary shell}, a bombshell. See {Carcass}, 4.
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Incendiary \In*cen"di*a*ry\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Incendiaries}.
[L. incendiarius: cf. F. incendiaire. See {Incense} to
inflame.]
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1. Any person who maliciously sets fire to a building or
other valuable or other valuable property.
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2. A person who excites or inflames factions, and promotes
quarrels or sedition; an agitator; an exciter.
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Several cities . . . drove them out as incendiaries.
--Bentley.
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