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–noun
a staff with one end forked to hold a match, formerly used in firing cannon.
[Origin: 1565–75; earlier lyntstock < D lontstock match-stick, with lint r. lont by assoc. with the material commonly used as tinder]
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lin·stock    Audio Help   (lĭn'stŏk')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A long forked stick for holding a match, formerly used to fire cannon.


[Obsolete lyntstock, alteration (possibly influenced by lint, used for tinder) of Dutch lontstok : lont, match + stok, stick (from Middle Dutch stoc).]

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linstock

noun
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

Link\ (l[i^][ng]k), n. [Prob. corrupted from lint and this for lunt a torch, match, D. lont match; akin to G. lunte, cf. MHG. l["u]nden to burn. Cf. Lunt, Linstock.] A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like. --Shak.

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