baton, wand
(noun) a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir
wand
(noun) a rod used by a magician or water diviner
scepter, sceptre, verge, wand
(noun) a ceremonial or emblematic staff
wand
(noun) a thin supple twig or rod; “stems bearing slender wands of flowers”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
wand (plural wands)
A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority.
(by extension) An instrument shaped like a wand, such as a curling wand.
A magic wand.
A stick, branch, or stalk, especially of willow.
A card of a particular suit of the minor arcana in tarot, the wands.
wand (third-person singular simple present wands, present participle wanding, simple past and past participle wanded)
(transitive) To scan (e.g. a passenger at an airport) with a metal detector.
• Dawn, Dwan, dawn
Source: Wiktionary
Wand, n. Etym: [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. vöndr, 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
