Bible Dictionaries
Truncheon
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear.
(2):
(n.) A baton, or military staff of command.
(3):
(n.) A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth.
(4):
(v. t.) To beat with a truncheon.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Truncheon'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/t/truncheon.html. 1828.