linstock
noun
lin·stock ˈlin-ˌstäk 
: a staff having a pointed foot (as for sticking into the ground) and a forked tip and formerly used to hold a lighted match for firing cannon
Word History
Etymology
Dutch lontstok, from lont match + stok stick
First Known Use
1575, in the meaning defined above
- protoblastic
- protoblattoid
- Protoblattoidea
- Protobranchia
- Protobranchiata
- protobranchiate
- protocanonical
- Protocaris
- protocatechualdehyde
- protocatechuic aldehyde
- protocephala
- protocephalon
- Protoceras
- protoceratops
- protoceratopses
- protocerebral
- protocerebrum
- protochlorophyll
- Protochorda
- Protochordata
- protochordate
- Protociliata
- protociliate
- protoclastic
- protocneme