Visited Ted’s site today and he treated me to a new word. Ted is a good talker but an even better writer. Turns out he also knows many words I don’t know. Like this little honey:
trun·cheon (trnchn)
n.

A short stick carried by police; a billy club.
A staff carried as a symbol of office or authority; a baton.
Obsolete.
A heavy club; a cudgel.
A thick cutting from a plant, as for grafting.