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Bible Encyclopedias
Linstock
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(adapted from the Dutch lontstok, i.e. " matchstick," 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), a kind of torch made of a stout stick a yard in length, with a 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 cannon in the early days of artillery.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Linstock'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​l/linstock.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Linstock'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​l/linstock.html. 1910.