■ noun
1》 a stick or rod thought to have magic properties, used in casting spells or performing tricks.
2》 a long, thin stick or rod, especially one held as a symbol of office.
↘ informal a conductor's baton.
↘a small stick with a brush at one end used to apply mascara.
3》 ( ~s ) one of the suits in some tarot packs, corresponding to batons in others.
4》 a hand-held electronic device passed over a bar code to read the encoded data.
↘a device emitting a laser beam, used especially to create a pointer on a projected image or text.
Origin
ME: from ON vỏndr , prob. of Gmc origin and related to wend and wind 2 .