01 n. A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical performances.
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A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical performances.“He held the baton of command.” — Prescott.
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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.(Her.) Also: bastard bar See: Bend sinister