Linstock
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A linstock (also called a lintstock) (adapted from the Dutch lontstok, "match stick") is a kind of torch made of a stout stick or metal a yard in length, with a fork at one end to hold a lighted slow match, and a point at the other to stick in the ground. Linstocks were used for discharging cannons in the early days of artillery.
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