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Through the palms he could barely discern the silhouettes of the gunners as they loitered alongside the heavy ordnance, holding lighted linstocks.

From Caribbee by Hoover, Thomas

For a little distance the cheering sailors followed them, catching their feet in muskets and linstocks, which the troops had flung away in their hurry.

From On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. by Masefield, John

When the hands of the clock were close to the hour, they stood ready with their linstocks.

From The Jewel of Seven Stars by Stoker, Bram

The regiment marched to take position in five lines, with fifty artillerymen in the rear with their campaign linstocks.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 36, 1649-1666 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by Bourne, Edward Gaylord

Many armed Moros appeared on the first hill—bowmen, lancers, and some gunners, linstocks in hand.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 03 of 55 1569-1576 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century by Blair, Emma Helen