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- Dutch · derived fromlontstok
- English todaylinstock
Corrupted from luntstock, Dutch lontstok, from lont (“lunt”) + stok (“stock, stick”). See link (“a torch”), lunt, and stock.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Today it means: A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match for firing cannon. Full definition →
Dutch lontstok