linstock
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of linstock
1565–75; earlier lyntstock < Dutch lontstock match-stick, with lint replacing lont by association with the material commonly used as tinder
Example Sentences
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The ship no sooner crossed the schooner's bows than a Malay ran forward with a linstock.
From Great Sea Stories by Joseph Lewis French
He himself had charge of the linstock, about which was wound several matches, consisting of lengths of twisted cotton wick steeped in lye.
From In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India by Herbert Strang
He grinned and reached for a burning linstock.
From Caribbee by Thomas Hoover
In the captain's tent a candle gleamed; his cough, which always troubled him when he was awake, was heard; and he himself soon appeared, asking for a linstock to light his little pipe.
From Stories by Foreign Authors: Russian by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
But as the first line of men broke into the courtyard, Brian fired the remaining three cannon as fast as he could touch linstock to powder.
From Nuala O'Malley by H. Bedford-Jones
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