in military affairs, a wooden staff about three feet long, having a sharp point in one end and a fort 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 ground, or in the deck of a ship during an engagement. It is very frequently used in small vessels, where there is commonly one fixed between every two guns, by which the match is always kept dry, and ready for firing.

LINZ, a very handsome town of Germany, and capital of Upper Austria, with two fortified castles; the one upon a hill, the other below it. Here is a hall in which the states assemble, a bridge over the Danube, a manufacture of gunpowder, and several other articles. It was taken by the French in 1741, but the Austrians retook it in the following year. E. Long. 14° 33'. N. Lat. 48° 16'.

LINZ, a town of Germany, in the circle of the Lower Rhine, and electorate of Cologne, subject to that elector. It is seated on the river Rhine, in E. Long. 7° 1'. N. Lat. 50° 31'.