Thesaurus: wand

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1. n. A small stick; a rod; a verge.
2. n. A staff of authority.
3. n. A rod used by conjurers, diviners, magicians, etc.
4. n. a rod used by a magician or water diviner
5. n. a thin supple twig or rod
6. n. a ceremonial or emblematic staff
7. n. a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir
8. 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 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.
9. n:100 n. a rod used by a magician or water diviner n. a thin supple twig or rod