Baston

Bas´ton

(băs´tŭn)

n.	1.
	1.	A staff or cudgel.
	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.

baston

baston, baton, batoon

bastide, 1 1. A torus. 2.See batten.

Baston

BASTON. An old French word, which signifies a staff, or club, In some old English statutes the servants or officers of the wardens of the Fleet are so called, because they attended the king's courts with a red staff. Vide Tipstaff.

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