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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Baston \Bas"ton\, n. [OF. baston, F. b[acir]ton, LL. basto. See {Bastion}, and cf. {Baton}, and 3d {Batten}.] 1. A staff or cudgel. [Obs.] [bd]To fight with blunt bastons.[b8] --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. | |
