- 1. n. A staff or cudgel. Source: opted
- 2. n. See Baton. Source: opted
- 3. n. An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the court. Source: opted
- 4. 1. A staff or cudgel. [Obs.] "To fight with blunt bastons." Holland. 2. (Her.) See Baton. 3. An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the court. Mozley & W. Source: webster
- 5. n. A staff or cudgel. n. See Baton. n. An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the court. Source: ecdict
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