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Chrysostom: "The Lord sought to heal the Jews by this mildness.But though they rejected Him, yet He did not resist them by destroying them; whence the Prophet, displaying His power and their weakness, says, A bruised reed he shall not break, and a smoking flax he shall not quench."
A 9th-century Gospel of Mark, from the Codex Boreelianus. The Messianic Secret is a motif in the Gospel of Mark, in which Jesus is portrayed as commanding his followers to maintain silence about his Messianic mission.
Smouldering combustion in glowing embers of barbecue coal briquettes. Smouldering (British English) or smoldering (American English; see spelling differences) is the slow, flameless form of combustion, sustained by the heat evolved when oxygen directly attacks the surface of a condensed-phase fuel. [1]
The "wick effect" hypothesis suggests that a small external flame source, such as a burning cigarette, chars the clothing of the victim at a location, splitting the skin and releasing subcutaneous fat, which is in turn absorbed into the burned clothing, acting as a wick. This combustion can continue for as long as the fuel is available.
A shorter wick burns more cleanly—preventing dangerously tall flames—and also promotes smooth, even wax melt. While you could use a pair of scissors, a wick trimmer is perfectly designed for ...
Wicked is an extended form of the term wick meaning bad and is also associated with the Old English term wicca meaning a (male) witch. There is not a corresponding verb to the term, but the term wretched is also associated with the term. The term -ness is a word forming element denoting action, quality or state and is typically added to an ...
A candle wick trimmer, also sometimes called a snuffer. Before the mid 19th century, the term snuffer referred to a scissors-like device with two flat blades and an attached snuffer box. This tool was used to trim the wick of a candle without extinguishing the flame, to maintain efficient burning. A small receptacle catches the trimmed bit of ...
A smoke bomb with a lit fuse. In an explosive, pyrotechnic device, or military munition, a fuse (or fuze) is the part of the device that initiates function.In common usage, the word fuse is used indiscriminately.