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lin·stock (lin′stäk′)

noun

a long stick formerly used to hold a lighted match for firing a cannon

Etymology: altered (by assoc. with lint, used as tinder) < Du lontstok < lont, a match, lunt + stok, a stick

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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