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Found 1 definition: wand.

Pos: Noun

[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun wand has 4 senses

1. wand(n = noun.artifact) - a rod used by a magician or water diviner;
is a kind of rod

2. wand(n = noun.plant) - a thin supple twig or rod; "stems bearing slender wands of flowers"
is a kind of branchlet, sprig, twig

3. wand(n = noun.communication) scepter, sceptre, verge - a ceremonial or emblematic staff;
is a kind of staff
has particulars: bauble

4. wand(n = noun.artifact) baton - a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir;
is a kind of rod

[CIDE DICTIONARY]

wand, n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. vöndr, 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. [1913 Webster]
"With good smart blows of a wand on his back." [1913 Webster]

2. A staff of authority. [1913 Webster]
"Though he had both spurs and wand, they seemed rather marks of sovereignty than instruments of punishment." [1913 Webster]
"Picus bore a buckler in his hand;
His other waved a long divining wand." [1913 Webster]

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.

[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

wand, n.
1 a a supposedly magic stick used in casting spells by a fairy, magician, etc. b a stick used by a conjurer for effect.
2 a slender rod carried or used as a marker in the ground.
3 a staff symbolizing some officials' authority.
4 colloq. a conductor's baton.
5 a hand-held electronic device which can be passed over a bar-code to read the data this represents.

Etymology:
ME prob. f. Gmc: cf. WEND, WIND(2)

[ROGET DICTIONARY]

Scepter

N scepter, regalia, caduceus, Mercury's rod, Mercury's staff, Mercury's wand, rod of empire, mace, fasces, wand, staff, staff of office, baton, truncheon, flag, ensign of authority, emblem of authority, badge of authority, insignia of authority, throne, chair, musnud, divan, dais, woolsack, toga, pall, mantle, robes of state, ermine, purple, crown, coronet, diadem, tiara, cap of maintenance, decoration, title, portfolio, key, signet, seals, talisman, helm, reins.

Spell

N spell, charm, incantation, exorcism, weird, cabala, exsufflation, cantrap, runes, abracadabra, open sesame, countercharm, Ephesian letters, bell book and candle, Mumbo Jumbo, evil eye, fee-faw- fum, talisman, amulet, periapt, telesm, phylactery, philter, fetich, fetish, agnus Dei, lamb of God, furcula, madstone, mascot, mascotte, merrythought, Om, Aum, scarab, scarabaeus, sudarium, triskelion, veronica, wishbone, swastika, fylfot, gammadion, wand, caduceus, rod, divining rod, lamp of Aladdin, wishing-cap, Fortunatus's cap.