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Baston

Bās'ton, n.

noun

n. [O. Fr. baston, N. Fr. bâton, L. Lat. basto. See BATON.]

A staff or cudgel used in tournaments. [Obs.] “To fight with blunt bastons.” Holland.
(Her.) A staff or cudgel generally borne as a mark of bastardy, and properly containing one eighth in breadth of the bend-sinister. Ogilvie.

A shield divided into four sections, with a dotted diagonal band running from the lower left to the upper right.

Bās'ton, n.

noun

n. [O. Fr. baston, N. Fr. bâton, L. Lat. basto. See supra.] (Arch.) A round molding in the base of a column; — called also a tore, or torse.