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scintilla
1692, from fig. use of L.
scintilla
"particle of fire, spark, glittering speck, atom," probably from PIE
*ski-nto-,
from base
*skai-
"to shine, to gleam" (cf. Goth.
skeinan,
O.E.
scinan
"to shine").
