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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
LINSTOCK
n.[lint and stock. ] A pointed staff with a crotch or fork at one end, to hold a lighted match; used in firing cannon. It may be stuck in the ground or in the deck of a ship.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
LINSTOCK
Lin "stock, n. Etym: [Corrupt. fr. luntstock, D. lonistok; lont lunt +stok stock, stick. See Link a torch, Lunt, and Stock. ]
Defn: A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match for firing cannon. [Written also lintstock.]
New American Oxford Dictionary
linstock
lin stock |ˈlinˌstäk ˈlɪnztɑk | ▶noun historical a long pole used to hold a match for firing a cannon. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from earlier lintstock, from Dutch lontstok, from lont ‘match ’ + stok ‘stick. ’ The change in the first syllable was due to association with lint .
Oxford Dictionary
linstock
lin |stock |ˈlɪnstɒk | ▶noun historical a long pole used to hold a match for firing a cannon. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from earlier lintstock, from Dutch lontstok, from lont ‘match ’ + stok ‘stick ’. The change in the first syllable was due to association with lint .
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