Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Baston \Bas"ton\, n. [OF. baston, F. b[^a]ton, LL. basto. See
   {Bastion}, and cf. {Baton}, and 3d {Batten}.]
   1. A staff or cudgel. [Obs.] ``To fight with blunt bastons.''
      --Holland.

   2. (Her.) See {Baton}.

   3. 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. --Mozley & W.