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LINTSTOCK
LINTSTOCK, (baton à meche, or boute-feu, Fr.) a staff about three feet long, having a sharp point at one end, and a sort of fork or crotch on the other; the latter of which serves to contain a lighted match, and by the former the lintstock is occasionally stuck in the deck, in an upright po sition. It is frequently used in small vessels, in an engagement, where there is commonly one fixed between every two guns, by which the match is always kept dry and ready for firing.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 182, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0819.html