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Baton - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Baton : (noun)
1: a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to direct an
orchestra
2: an implement passed from runner to runner in a relay race
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Baton : \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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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