Usually means: Holder for match, ignites cannon.
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  1. linstock: Merriam-Webster
  2. linstock: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. linstock: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. linstock: Collins English Dictionary
  5. linstock: Vocabulary.com
  6. Linstock, linstock: Wordnik
  7. linstock: Wiktionary
  8. linstock: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. linstock: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Linstock, linstock: Dictionary.com
  11. Linstock: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Linstock: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. linstock: Rhymezone
  14. Linstock: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. linstock: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. linstock: FreeDictionary.org
  17. linstock: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. linstock: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. linstock: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition

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Definitions from Wiktionary (linstock)

▸ noun:  (historical) A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match for firing cannon.

Similar:
lintstock, matchlock, pointing-stock, tipstock, whipstick, canstick, candlestick, pike, lamp-iron, gaffle, more...

Opposite:
matchlock, firelock

Types:
match, fuse, torch, flare, more...

Adjectives:
lighted, kindled, flaming, hoisted, long

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Similar:
lintstock, matchlock, pointing-stock, tipstock, whipstick, canstick, candlestick, pike, lamp-iron, gaffle, more...

Opposite:
matchlock, firelock

Types:
match, fuse, torch, flare, more...

Adjectives:
lighted, kindled, flaming, hoisted, long



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