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wand(1) (iou) and Archers, The (oh)


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.

Archers, The (oh)



a popular British Radio programme that started in 1951, and can be heard twice every day. It is about an imaginary family called the Archers, who live on farms in a small village called Ambridge, and their friends and neighbours.