Baton

ferrat et non ferrat, Fr. all sorts of weapons. Obténir son object par le tour du Baton , Fr. to accomplish one’s ends by equivocal means. Etre bien a uré de son Baton , Fr. to be morally certain of a thing. Etre reduit au Baton blanc , to be reduced to your last stake. A Batons romp us , Fr. to do any thing by fits and starts, to be undecided in your plans of attack, .