Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A stick, staff, or cudgel; a baton. Specifically— A mace of wood used in a tourney, instead of the mace of metal used in war. It was usually shaped into a handle, and had a guard like a sword.
- n. In architecture, a segmental molding used especially in the bases of columns; a torus.
- n. A servant of the warden of the Fleet, who attended the king's courts as an officer, carrying a red truncheon. It was his duty to take to ward such prisoners as had been committed by the court, and also to attend those suffered to go at large by license. Hence, to go out of prison by baston was to go at large in the custody of a servant of the warden of Fleet prison.
Wiktionary
- n. heraldry Obsolete form of baton.
- n. obsolete A staff or cudgel.
- n. obsolete 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.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. obsolete A staff or cudgel.
- n. (Her.) 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.
Etymologies
- Old French baston (Wiktionary)
Examples
“ Zehef - "Le Son du Ter-Ter 2"/24 Octobre 2009 indispo en fnactruand 2 la galere morsay zehef alias baston batar ben best beyonce bigg big biggie bitch black block bombe booba”
“Mais c vrai que je n'irai pas mettre les pieds dans un concert de Gazette de peur de ressortir a poil parce que pris dans une baston de folles aux hormnes en action!!”
“Alors c comme il veut mais perso en jeu video moi je creve d'envie d'avoir OKAMI ou le jeu de baston de Naruto!!”
“Le truc c que Suiko, la baston c'est pas ce qui est le plus frequent au debut du jeu alors bon moi qui voulait capter la pratique apres la theorie du livret de jeu ...”
“Here's the club to kick sinners as my perished brother tried to kick the Bad Satan from the inside of his female Madlen with his club of his baston.”
“Having finished, Mali took her baston and her empty basket and began her journey.”
“Elles dancent au son du petit tabourin & de la fluste, & par fois auec ce long instrument qu'ils posent sur le col, puis s'allongeant iusqu'auprés de la ceinture; ils le battent auec vn petit baston: par fois auec vn violon.”
“The gobernadorcillo carries a tasseled cane [_baston_], the lieutenants wands [_varas_].”
“Consequent toute la Coste depuis baston jusqu'a la virginie inclusivement”
“Quand les chiens sont mords ou desbrayez de chiens enragez, il faut incontinent emplir vne pippe d'eau, puis prendre quatre boisseaux de sel et les ietter dedans, en meslaut fort le sel auec vn baston pour le faire fondre soudainement: et quand il sera fondu, faut mettre le chien dedans, et le plonger tout, sans qu'il paroisse rien, par neuf fois: puis quand il sera bien laué, faut le laisser aller, celà l'empeschera d'enrager.”
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List of Heraldry Terms
Words and phrases used in blazoning heraldic devices, along with names and other terms associated with the art and science.
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Palsters and Pateressas
The staff in its variety.
crummock, palster, pateressa, charn-curdle, churn-staff, bugle-rod, bang-beggar, arbrier, baston, mill-staff, taiaha, tide-indicator and 41 more...
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