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单词 linstock
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linstockn.

Brit. /ˈlɪnstɒk/, U.S. /ˈlɪnzˌtɑk/, /ˈlɪnˌstɑk/
Forms: Also 1500s linestoke, lyn(t)stock, ( limstock), 1500s–1600s lint stocke, 1500s–1700s lin(t)stock, 1800s lent-stock.
Etymology: In 16th cent. lint- , linestocke , < (with assimilation to lint n.1 and line n.1) Dutch lontstok , < lont match (see lunt n.) + stok stick.
Obsolete exc. Historical.
A staff about three feet long, having a pointed foot to stick in the deck or ground, and a forked head to hold a lighted match.
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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > container or holder for tinder or matches
tinder-box1530
firebox1555
tinder1570
linstock1575
funk horn1673
spunk-box1721
phosphorus box1792
light box1816
spunk-flask1835
match-bottle1839
matchbox1853
match-pot1856
match-safe1860
punk-box1862
match-stand1873
match holder1884
book1899
safety box1902
matchbook1937
1575 T. Churchyard 1st Pt. Chippes f. 95 v And in his hand, a smoking lyntstock broght And so gaue fier.
1592 J. Stow Annales anno 1563 1116 A linestoke fell into a barrel of powlder, and set it on fire together with the vessell.
1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor ii. iii. sig. E4 Their master gunner..confronts me with his Linstock ready to giue fire. View more context for this quotation
1682 London Gaz. No. 1684/1 Then thirty Gunners with their Linstocks..followed by thirty Negroes..with their Brown-bills.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine (1780) Lintstock.
1804 Naval Chron. 12 63 1 lent-stock; 12 handspikes.
1808 W. Scott Marmion i. ix. 31 The gunner held his linstock yare.
1840 R. H. Barham Legend Hamilton Tighe in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 156 The linstock glows in his bony hand.
figurative.1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida ii. sig. C3 The match of furie is lighted, fastned to the linstock of rage.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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