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...tchlock musket. To prevent dragging the match cord on the wet ground, a [[linstock]] was often carried and used, it being a forked wood support inserted into *[[Linstock]]

The powder in the touch hole was lit either with a [[slow match]] or a [[linstock]].

...er the priming powder was ignited by a piece of [[slow match]] held in a [[linstock]] (a stick with a clamp at one end). About A.D. 1700 this was effected by m

...for the cannons. The old method of firing the cannon involved the use of a linstock or match to light a small quantity of powder charge in a touchhole drilled