From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wand \Wand\, noun [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.
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a baton used by a magician or water diviner
2: a ceremonial or emblematic staff [syn: {scepter}, {sceptre}, {verge}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
87 Moby Thesaurus words for "wand": Tarnkappe, armory, badge, badge of office, badges, baton, blazonry, brassard, button, caduceus, cap and gown, cap of darkness, chain, chain of office, class ring, cockade, collar, crook, crosier, cross, cross-staff, decoration, divining rod, doodlebug, dowser, dowsing, dowsing rod, dress, eagle, emblems, ensigns, fasces, fern seed, figurehead, fleur-de-lis, gavel, hammer and sickle, heraldry, insignia, lapel pin, livery, mace, magic belt, magic carpet, magic ring, magic spectacles, magic wand, mantle, markings, medal, merrythought, mortarboard, old school tie, pin, portfolio, regalia, ring, rod, rod of office, rose, scepter, school ring, seven-league boots, shamrock, sigillography, skull and crossbones, sphragistics, staff, swastika, tartan, thistle, tie, truncheon, uniform, verge, wand of office, water witch, water witching, wish-bringer, wish-giver, wishbone, wishing bone, wishing cap, wishing stone, wishing well, witching, witching stick
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
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