strike a light

Verb

 * 1)  To create a flame (using a match, flint, etc.).
 * 2) * 1681,, The History of King Lear, London: E. Flesher, Act3, p.36,
 * Look I have Flint and Steel, the Implements
 * Of wandring Lunaticks, I’ll strike a Light,
 * And make a Fire beneath this Shed, to dry
 * Thy Storm-drencht Garments, e’re thou Lie to rest thee;
 * 1) * 1820,, , Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 3rd edition, 1821, Volume2, Chapter8, pp.129-130,
 * While the one struck a light with a flint and steel, the other disposed the charcoal in the large rusty grate which we have already mentioned, and exercised the bellows until the fuel came to a red glow.
 * While the one struck a light with a flint and steel, the other disposed the charcoal in the large rusty grate which we have already mentioned, and exercised the bellows until the fuel came to a red glow.