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LINSTOCK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("linstock" is a kind of...):
stick (an implement consisting of a length of wood)
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