baculum — meaning in English
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English meaning
- lipstick noun A cosmetic, usually in stick form, applied to color the lips.
- rod noun A straight, thin bar, stick, or pole made of wood, metal, or similar material.
- sceptre noun A decorated ceremonial staff carried by a ruling monarch as a symbol of royal power.
- staff noun The people who work for an organisation.
- stick noun A thin piece of wood, especially a fallen branch or twig.
Senses
baculum is used for these senses in English:
- crosier A staff with a hooked end similar to a shepherd's crook, or with a cross at the end, carried by an abbot, bishop, or archbishop as a symbol of office.
- lipstick (uncountable) Makeup for the lips.
- rod An implement held vertically and viewed through an optical surveying instrument such as a transit, used to measure distance in land surveying and construction layout; an engineer's rod, surveyor's rod, surveying rod, leveling rod, ranging rod. The modern (US) engineer's or surveyor's rod commonly is eight or ten feet long and often designed to extend higher. In former times a surveyor's rod often was a single wooden pole or composed of multiple sectioned and socketed pieces, and besides serving as a sighting target was used to measure distance on the ground horizontally, hence for convenience was of one rod or pole in length, that is, 5+1⁄2 yards.
- sceptre An ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch as a symbol of power.
- staff (plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.
- stick A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.
- stick A cane or walking stick (usually wooden, metal or plastic) to aid in walking.
- walking stick A tool, such as a cane, used to ease pressure on the legs, and to aid stability, when walking.
rod — full definition
- noun A straight, thin bar, stick, or pole made of wood, metal, or similar material.
- noun A long, tapering pole used for fishing.
- noun An old unit of length equal to about 5.5 yards (roughly 5 meters), once used in surveying and land measurement.
- noun (slang) A handgun.