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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."
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.
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]
A wick standing straight up is more likely to mushroom, while a wick that’s bent at a gentle angle is less likely to have any buildup. Luckily if you have a wick that’s mushrooming, the fix is ...
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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.