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n. A long forked stick for holding a match, formerly used to fire cannon.

n. A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match for firing cannon.

n. A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match for firing cannon.

n. A pointed staff with a crotch or fork at one end to hold a lighted match, used in firing cannon.

n. a stick about a meter long with a point on one end (to stick in the ground) and a forked head on the other end (to hold a lighted match); formerly used to fire cannons

"When Raphael describes the artillery used in Heaven, he speaks of cannon balls as "iron globes" and "balls of missive ruin," and calls the linstock the "incentive reed pernicious," thereby perhaps drawing attention to the strange character of the new invention."

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