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Linstock

A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match for firing cannon.

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    A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match for firing cannon.

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lintstocknoun(historical) Alternative form of linstock. [(historical) A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match for firing cannon.]
matchlocknoun(historical) Early type of firearm, using a smoldering piece of cord to fire the powder in the firing pan.
pointing-stocknoun(obsolete) A thing to be pointed at in derision; a laughing stock.
tipstocknounThe detachable or movable fore part of a gunstock, lying beneath the barrel or barrels, and forming a hold for the left hand.
whipsticknounA whipstock; the handle of a whip.
cansticknoun(obsolete) A candlestick (candle holder).
candlesticknounA holder with a socket or spike for a candle.
pikenounAny carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox, especially the northern pike, Esox lucius.
lamp-ironnoun(rail transport) A piece of iron projecting upwards on which a lamp can be hung.
gafflenounA steel spur attached to a gamecock (sometimes used figuratively).
stocknounA store or supply.
pikestaffnounThe wooden shaft of a pike.
stangnoun(slang, US) Short for "Mustang", a brand of automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company.
bloodsticknoun(farriery) A piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead, used to strike the fleam into the vein.
palstaffnoun(historical) An old Celtic and Scandinavian weapon consisting of a wedge of stone or metal fixed by a tongue in a staff.
poking-sticknoun(historical) A small metal rod that was heated and used to adjust the plaits of ruffs on clothing.
gunstock war clubnounA Native American wooden club once used for war, now used ceremonially, with the appearance of the wooden stock of a European North American colonial era musket, with a metal knife blade attached to the clubbing end.
lituusnounA military trumpet.
whipstalknounAlternative form of whipstock. [The stock, or rigid handle, of a whip.]
tau staffnounA staff with a crosspiece at the top like a crutch.

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