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linstocks

linstocks is the plural of linstock.

Meaning of linstock

Noun

linstock (plural linstocks)

  1. (historical) A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match for firing cannon.
    • […] now, sir, (as we were to ascend), their master gunner (a man of no mean skill and courage, you must think,) confronts me with his linstock ready to give fire;1598, Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Euery Man in His Humour. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, Act II...

Questions about linstocks

What is linstocks the plural of?
Linstocks is the plural of linstock.

Words near linstocks in the dictionary

  1. Linsons
  2. Linstead
  3. Linstead Parva
  4. Linsteads
  5. linstock
  6. linstocks
  7. lint
  8. lint ball
  9. lint balls
  10. lint doctor
  11. lint doctors

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