Definitions for: Baton

[n] a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to direct an orchestra
[n] an implement passed from runner to runner in a relay race

Webster (1913) Definition: Bat"on, n. [F. b[^a]ton. See Baston.]
1. 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.

2. (Her.) 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.

See Also: rod, sports implement, wand

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