English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Baton
(n.)
A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the
baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical
performances.
Baton
(n.)
An ordinary with its ends cut off, borne sinister as a mark
of bastardy, and containing one fourth in breadth of the bend sinister;
-- called also bastard bar. See Bend sinister.