1. Noun
A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear.
2. Noun
A baton, or military staff of command.
3. Noun
A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth.
4. Verb
To beat with a truncheon.
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