'WAND' definitions:
Definition of 'wand'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Wand'
From: GCIDE
- Wand \Wand\, n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. v["o]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. [1913 Webster]
- With good smart blows of a wand on his back. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Specifically: (a) A staff of authority. [1913 Webster]
- Though he had both spurs and wand, they seemed rather marks of sovereignty than instruments of punishment. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] (b) A rod used by conjurers, diviners, magicians, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Picus bore a buckler in his hand; His other waved a long divining wand. --Dryden. [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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'wand'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- armory,
- badge,
- badge of office,
- badges,
- baton,
- blazonry,
- brassard,
- button,
- caduceus,
- cap and gown,
- cap of darkness,
- chain,
- chain of office,
- class ring,
- cockade,
- collar,
- crook,
- crosier,
- cross,
- cross-staff,
- decoration,
- divining rod,
- doodlebug,
- dowser,
- dowsing,
- dowsing rod,
- dress,
- eagle,
- emblems,
- ensigns,
- fasces,
- fern seed,
- figurehead,
- fleur-de-lis,
- gavel,
- hammer and sickle,
- heraldry,
- insignia,
- lapel pin,
- livery,
- mace,
- magic belt,
- magic carpet,
- magic ring,
- magic spectacles,
- magic wand,
- mantle,
- markings,
- medal,
- merrythought,
- mortarboard,
- old school tie,
- pin,
- portfolio,
- regalia,
- ring,
- rod,
- rod of office,
- rose,
- scepter,
- school ring,
- seven-league boots,
- shamrock,
- sigillography,
- skull and crossbones,
- sphragistics,
- staff,
- swastika,
- Tarnkappe,
- tartan,
- thistle,
- tie,
- truncheon,
- uniform,
- verge,
- wand of office,
- water witch,
- water witching,
- wish-bringer,
- wish-giver,
- wishbone,
- wishing bone,
- wishing cap,
- wishing stone,
- wishing well,
- witching,
- witching stick
Acronyms for 'WAND'
From: V.E.R.A.
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