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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Baston

/(băs"tŭn)/ · Bas·ton · IPA /ˈbæstən/
01 n. A staff or cudgel.
  1. 1.
    A staff or cudgel.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    See Baton.(Her.) See: Baton
  3. 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.