A bend with the ends cut off, resembling a baton, typically borne sinister, and often used as a mark of cadency, initially for both legitimate and illegitimate children, but later chiefly for illegitimate children,
A short stout club used primarily by policemen; a truncheon (UK).
An object transferred by runners in a relay race.
A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes.
The stick of a conductor in musical performances.
A short vertical lightweight post, not set into the ground, used to separate wires in a fence.
To strike with a baton.
A bat with a slot to conceal a third coin which is used for cheating (that coin being either a jack or a gray).