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LINSTOCK (adapted from the Dutch lontstok, i.e. " match-stick," from lont, a match, stok, a stick; the word is sometimes erroneously spelled " lintstock " from a supposed derivation from " lint " in the sense of tinder)

LINSTOCK (adapted from the Dutch lontstok, i.e. " match-stick," from lont, a match, stok, a stick; the word is sometimes erroneously spelled " lintstock " from a supposed derivation from " See also:
LINT (in M. Eng. linnet, probably through Fr. linette, from lin, the flax-plant; cf. " line ")
lint " in the sense of See also:
TINDER (O. Eng. tyndre, from tindan, tendan, to kindle, cf. Dan. tonder, Ger. anzunden)
tinder) , a See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

TORCH (O. Fr. torche, from Med. Lat. tortia, derived from tortus, twisted, torquere, to twist)

torch made of a stout stick a yard in length, with a See also:

FORK (Lat. furca)

fork at one end to hold a lighted match, and a point at the other to stick in the ground . " Linstocks " were used for discharging See also:

CANNON (a word common to Romance languages, from the Lat. canna, a reed, tube, with the addition of the augmentative termination -on, -one)

cannon in the See also:

early days of See also:

ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery .

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