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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 521 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BATON (Fr. baton, baston, from Late Lat. basto, a stick or staff)

BATON (Fr. baton, baston, from
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LATE
Late
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LAT
Lat. basto, a stick or
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STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)
staff)

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