About The Word Wand
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Wand
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What's The Definition Of Wand?
[n] a baton used by a magician or water diviner
[n] a ceremonial or emblematic staff Synonyms | Synonyms for Wand: scepter | sceptre | verge Related Terms | Find terms related to Wand: See Also | baton | bauble | staff Wand In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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.
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