baston
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(obsolete form of)
(RQ:Marlowe Tamburlaine)when they chance to reſt or breath a ſpace,Are puniſht with Baſtones so grieuouſly,That they lie panting on the Gallies ſide.
{{RQ:Pliny Holland Historie of the World
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.
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{{quote-text|en|year=1607|author=John Cowell|title=The Interpreter of Words and Terms|url=http://archive.org/details/lawdictionaryori00coweuoft
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(eo-form of)
A staff, or baton; a relatively long, narrow, and thin object.
A strike or slap with a staff or baton.
A baton in heraldry.
(syn)
a style of trouser cut in which the legs gradually narrow at the lower end