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Webster 1913 Edition
Wand
Wand
,Noun.
[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.
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
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Wand
WAND
,Noun.
1.
A small stick; a rod. If a child runs away, a few strokes of a wand will bring him back.2.
A staff of authority; as a silver wand.3.
A rod used by conjurers or diviners.Picus bore a buckler in his hand, his other wavd a long diving in wand.