'WAND' definitions:

Definition of 'wand'

(from WordNet)
noun
A rod used by a magician or water diviner
noun
A thin supple twig or rod; "stems bearing slender wands of flowers"
noun
A ceremonial or emblematic staff [syn: scepter, sceptre, verge, wand]
noun
A thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir [syn: baton, wand]

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'

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Acronyms for 'wand'

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