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Linstock

noun
(Written also lintstock)
1.
A stick about a meter long with a point on one end (to stick in the ground) and a forked head on the other end (to hold a lighted match); formerly used to fire cannons.





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"Linstock" Quotes from Famous Books



... swarthy hue, Between a gingerbread-nut and a Jew, And his pigtail is long, and bushy, and thick, Like a pump-handle stuck on the end of a stick. Hairy-faced Dick understands his trade; He stand by the breech of a long carronade, The linstock glows in his bony hand, Waiting that ...
— The Haunted Hour - An Anthology • Various


Words linked to "Linstock" :   stick


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