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
22 November 2024
(noun) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
