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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.

ently, a post or pin on each side of the bed to keep the clothes from falling off. See Bedstaff. Brewer.

ber of marks along a line of survey, affixed to permanent objects, to show where leveling staffs were placed. -- Bench of bishops, the whole body of English prelates assembled in council. -- Bench plane, any plane used by carpenters and joiners for working a flat surface, as jack planes, long planes. -- Bench show,…

an; to conduct; to behave; -- followed by a reflexive pronoun. [Obs.] How might we see Falstaff bestow himself to-night in his true colors, and not ourselves be seen Shak.

having a short pike at the back and another at the top, and attached to the end of a long staff. France had no infantry that dared to face the English bows end bills. Macaulay.

A variety of clay ironstone, in Staffordshire, England, used for making tools.

With a sudden leap; suddenly. This impudent puppy comes bounce in upon me. Bickerstaff.

A pilgrim's staff.

worth. By her bridling up I perceived she expected to be treated hereafter not as Jenny Distaff, but Mrs. Tranquillus. Tatler.

A pilgrim's staff. [Written also burden.] Rom. of R.

it is written (c) The "C clef," a modification of the letter C, placed on any line of the staff, abows that line to be middle C.

or skeleton upon which a regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff. [Written also cader.]

The official staff or wand of Hermes or Mercury, the messenger of the gods. It was originally said to be a herald's staff of olive wood, but was afterwards fabled to have two serpents coiled about it, and two wings at the top.

A walking stick; a staff; -- so called because originally made of one the species of cane. Stir the fire with your master's cane. Swift.

Of or belonging to a cantor. Cantoral staff, the official staff or baton of a cantor or precentor, with which time is marked for the singers.

o move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide. Go, carry Sir John Falstaff to the Fleet. Shak. He carried away all his cattle. Gen. xxxi. 18. Passion and revenge will carry them too far. Locke.

in the 18th century. A chapeau bras is now worn in the United States army by general and staff officers.

To champ; to bite. [Obs.] A. Stafford.

n musical notation to determine the position and pitch of the scale as represented on the staff.

the four edges of a clog, or square piece of wood, brass, or bone; -- called also a Runic staff, from the Runic characters used in the numerical notation. -- Clog dance, a dance performed by a person wearing clogs, or thick-soled shoes. -- Clog dancer.