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wand(2)(dictionary)
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magic wand(dictionary)
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Wand Shot - Archery(gambling)

wand(1) (iou)



wand noun. ME.

A straight slender stick. Now Scot. & dial. ME.
Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona My sister..is as white as a lily and as small as a wand.
b. A light walking-stick, a cane. M16-M18.
c. A stick used as a pointer. L16.
A sceptre. ME-L15.
a. A rod, stick, or cane used for punishment. Long rare. ME.
b. A stick or switch for urging on a horse. obsolete exc. dial. LME.
A young shoot, a sapling; a slender branch, a twig. obsolete exc. poet. & dial. LME.
b. spec. A young shoot of willow cut to be used in basket-making, wattling, etc. Now Scot. & dial. LME.
A rod or staff carried as a sign of office; esp. a tall slender rod of wood, silver, etc., carried erect by a verger or official walking in front of a dignitary on ceremonial occasions. Also (colloq.), a conductor's baton. LME.
V. Woolf The conductor,..bowing to the Queen,..raised his wand.
A staff or baton serving as a symbol in certain legal transactions. LME.
wand of peace Scots Law (now Hist.) a silver-topped baton carried by a king's messenger as a symbol of his office, and delivered to an outlaw as a sign of his restoration to the King's peace.
A magic rod used in casting spells by a fairy or a magician; a supposedly magic rod used by a conjuror for effect. Freq. in magic wand. (Now the usual sense.) LME.
fig.: J. Wain You can wave your magic wand and get me a pass.
A fishing-rod. M16.
A measuring rod. M17-E19.
The straight rigid pipe linking the cleaning head to the hose of a vacuum cleaner. M20.
a. More fully mascara wand. A small applicator for mascara etc., usu. with a brush at one end. M20.
b. In full curling wand, styling wand. A heated appliance used for curling or styling hair. L20.
A hand-held electronic device which can be passed over a bar code to read the data it represents. L20.
Comb.: wand flower any of various ornamental plants of the South African genus Dierama, of the iris family, with flowers in nodding spikes, esp. D. pendulum and D. pulcherrimum.