Wand : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Wand	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wand n a rod used by a magician or water diviner a thin supple twig or rod; "stems bearing slender wands of flowers" a ceremonial or emblematic staff Synonym(s): scepter, sceptre, verge, wand a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir Synonym(s): baton, wand
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wand \Wand\, n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. v[94]ndr, akin to Dan. vaand, Goth. wandus; perhaps originally, a pliant twig, and akin to E. wind to turn.] 1. A small stick; a rod; a verge. With good smart blows of a wand on his back. --Locke. 2. Specifically: (a) A staff of authority. Though he had both spurs and wand, they seemed rather marks of sovereignty than instruments of punishment. --Sir P. Sidney. (b) A rod used by conjurers, diviners, magicians, etc. Picus bore a buckler in his hand; His other waved a long divining wand. --Dryden. {Wand of peace} (Scots Law), a wand, or staff, carried by the messenger of a court, which he breaks when deforced (that is, hindered from executing process), as a symbol of the deforcement, and protest for remedy of law. --Burrill.