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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
wand \wand\, n. of scand. origin; cf. icel. v"ondr, 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.
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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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Wand, definition of term: Wand
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Peace, definition of term: Peace
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Magic Wand, definition of term: Magic Wand
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