The official staff or baton of a cantor or precentor, with which time is marked for the singers.

(military) A group of officers in charge of an army under the control of the commander-in-chief.

A weapon consisting of a short sling at the end of a staff.

A surveyor's rod, usually ten links long, used in measuring offsets.

An instrument for taking angles in surveying.

Any of the genus Celastrus of shrubs and vines.

plural of Aesculapian staff

(surveying) A single straight rod or staff, pointed and iron-shod at the bottom, for penetrating the ground, and having a socket joint at the top, used, instead of a tripod, for supporting a compass.

(architecture) A square rod of wood standing flush with the wall on each of its sides, at the external angles of plastering, to prevent their being damaged.

plural of general staff