[f. BASTE v.3 + -ER1.] He who or that which bastes or thrashes; hence, a stick or cudgel; also, a heavy blow.
1726. W. Wagstaffe, Misc. Wks., 48 (L.). Jack took up the poker, and gave me such a baster upon my head.
1770. in Smith’s Bk. Rainy Day (1861), 14. A fellow riding a hog, brandishing a birch broom by way of a baster.
