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wand

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wand  (wnd)
n.
1. A thin supple rod, twig, or stick.
2. A slender rod carried as a symbol of office in a procession; a scepter.
3. Music A conductor's baton.
4. A stick or baton used by a magician, conjurer, or diviner.
5. A pipelike attachment that lengthens the handle of a device or tool: a vacuum cleaner that has two extension wands.
6. A hand-held electronic device, often shaped like a rod, that is used for security purposes to detect metal.
7. Sports A six-foot by two-foot slat used as an archery target.

[Middle English, from Old Norse vöndr.]

wand [wɒnd]
n
1. a slender supple stick or twig
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a thin rod carried as a symbol of authority
3. (Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Alternative Belief Systems) a rod used by a magician, water diviner, etc.
4. (Music, other) Informal a conductor's baton
5. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Archery) Archery a marker used to show the distance at which the archer stands from the target
6. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) a hand-held electronic device, such as a light pen or bar-code reader, which is pointed at or passed over an item to read the data stored there
[from Old Norse vōndr; related to Gothic wandus and English wend]
wandlike  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.wandwand - a rod used by a magician or water diviner
rod - a long thin implement made of metal or wood
2.wand - a thin supple twig or rod; "stems bearing slender wands of flowers"
branchlet, sprig, twig - a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year
3.wandwand - a ceremonial or emblematic staff    
staff - a rod carried as a symbol
bauble - a mock scepter carried by a court jester
4.wandwand - a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir
rod - a long thin implement made of metal or wood

wand
noun stick, rod, cane, baton, stake, switch, birch, twig, sprig, withe, withy a magician's wand
Translations
wand [wɒnd] N (= magic wand) → varita f mágica; [of office] → bastón m de mando
see also wave B1

wand [ˈwɒnd] n (also magic wand) → baguette f magique

wand
n (= magic wand)Zauberstab m; (of office)Amtsstab m; (Comput, for bar codes) → Lesestift m

wand [wɒnd] n (also magic wand) → bacchetta magica; (of usher) → mazza
wand [wɒnd] n (also magic wand) → bacchetta magica; (of usher) → mazza

wand
n wand [wond]
a long slender rod eg used as the symbol of magic power by conjurors, fairies etc In the story, the fairy waved her magic wand and the frog became a prince. staf, staffie عَصا، قَضيب، صَوْلَجان жезъл kouzelná hůlka tryllestav der Zauberstab μαγικό ραβδί varita (mágica) võlukepp عصاي شعبده بازي taikasauva baguette (magique) מָטֶה डंडा čarobni štapić (varázs)pálca tongkat ajaib (töfra)sproti bacchetta 魔法の杖 마법의 지팡이 lazdelė nūjiņa tongkat sakti toverstok tryllestav różdżka varinha de condão baghetă (ma­gică) (волшебная) палочка kúzelná palička, prútik čarobna palica štapić trollstav, trollspö ไม้กายสิทธิ์ değnek 魔杖,魔術棒 чарівна паличка جادو کی چھڑی đũa thần


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Mercury presented himself, and striking the Philosopher with his wand, said, "And are you indeed to make yourself a judge of the dealings of Providence, who hast thyself in a similar manner treated these poor Ants?
Last eve in dreams, I saw thee stand, Like queenly nymphs from Fairy-land-- Enchantress of the flowery wand, Most beauteous Isadore!
His despair at being so late bewildered him so entirely that he appeared in his natural form and attempted to sprinkle some black liquid over the bride and bridegroom, which was intended to kill them, but the Fairy stretched out her wand and the liquid dropped on the Magician himself.
 
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