truncheon

  1. Noun.  (obsolete) A fragment or piece broken off from something, especially a broken-off piece of a spear or lance.
  2. Noun.  (obsolete) The shaft of a spear.
  3. Noun.  A short staff, a club; a cudgel.
  4. Noun.  A baton, or military staff of command, now especially the stick carried by a police officer.
  5. Noun.  (obsolete) A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth.
  6. Noun.  (euphemism) penis.
  7. Verb.  (transitive) To strike with a truncheon.

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