They used twigs and leaves as a base to start the fire.

New street names cannot cause confusion with existing streets, nor is it any longer permitted to debaptize parts of streets in order to give them new names […]

He paused, grimly regarding it, while a dash of pleased coxcombry seemed to mingle with the otherwise savage satisfaction expressed in his face.

I will go get a leaf of brass, / And with a gad of steel will write these words.