wand

Noun
Synonyms: sceptersceptrevergebaton

WordNet 3.0

Noun (4)

  1. a rod used by a magician or water diviner
  2. a thin supple twig or rod“stems bearing slender wands of flowers”
  3. a ceremonial or emblematic staffSynonyms: sceptersceptreverge
  4. a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choirSynonyms: baton
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Wand \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. [1913 Webster]

With good smart blows of a wand on his back.— Locke.[1913 Webster]

2.Specifically: (a) A staff of authority. [1913 Webster]

Though he had both spurs and wand, they seemed rather marks of sovereignty than instruments of punishment. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] (b) A rod used by conjurers, diviners, magicians, etc. [1913 Webster]
Picus bore a buckler in his hand; His other waved a long divining wand.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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