(obsolete or nonstandard) simple past tense of beat; = beat.

(intransitive, slang) To masturbate.

A wax-resist method of dyeing fabric.

To dye fabric using the wax-resist method.

A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes. / (music) The stick of a conductor in musical performances. / (sports) An object transferred by runners in a relay race.

To strike with a baton.

(military, nautical) A large capital warship displacing tens of thousands of tons, heavily armoured and armed with big guns; now obsolescent and replaced by smaller vessels with guided missiles.

(historical) A series of air engagements between the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and the German Luftwaffe during World War II for air superiority over southern England and the English Channel prior to any German invasion of the British Isles.

(historical) Around the 19th century, a portable changing room that was rolled down a beach to the edge of the sea to allow people to paddle in the sea modestly.

That takes a bath. / Designed for use whilst bathing.