n.; pl. Incendiaries [ L. incendiarius: cf. F. incendiaire. See Incense to inflame. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
1. Any person who maliciously sets fire to a building or other valuable or other valuable property. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A person who excites or inflames factions, and promotes quarrels or sedition; an agitator; an exciter. [ 1913 Webster ]
Several cities . . . drove them out as incendiaries. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. incendiarius, fr. incendium a fire, conflagration: cf. F. incendiaire. See Incense to inflame. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
1. Of or pertaining to incendiarism, or the malicious burning of valuable property; as, incendiary material; as incendiary crime. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Tending to excite or inflame factions, sedition, or quarrel; inflammatory; seditious. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]
Incendiary device, a device designed to set a structure on fire; a firebomb. -- Incendiary shell, a bombshell. See Carcass, 4. [ 1913 Webster ]