wand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɒnd/
ipa: /wɑnd/
ipa: /wɔnd/
rhymes: -ɒnd
Forms: form: wands
Etymology: From Middle English wand, wond, from Old Norse vǫndr (“switch, twig”), from Proto-Germanic *wanduz (“rod”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, twist, wind, braid”). Cognate with Icelandic vendi (“wand”), Danish vånd (“wand, switch”), German Wand (“wall, septum”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (wandus, “rod”).
Senses: examples: text: Then all of a sudden a number of armed men arranged in companies, and marshalled by officers who held ivory wands in their hands, came running swiftly towards us, having, so far as I could make out, emerged from the face of the precipice like ants from their burrows.
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
glosses: A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority.
examples: text: Love is that blessed wand which wins the waters from the hardness of the heart.
ref: 1859, George Meredith, chapter 13, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC:
glosses: A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority.
A stick or rod used by a magician (a magic wand), conjurer or diviner (divining rod).
examples: text: Shop vac serves as blower to force vermiculite in fiber drum up through vacuum-cleaner wand and hose into wall opening
ref: 1975, Popular Science, volume 207, number 4, page 135:
glosses: An instrument shaped like a wand, such as a curling wand.
examples: text: The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands.
ref: c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
text: In addition to the distinction of a white frock, every woman and girl carried in her right hand a peeled willow-wand, and in her left a bunch of white flowers.
ref: 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 17:
glosses: A stick, branch, or stalk, especially of willow.
glosses: A card of a particular suit of the minor arcana in tarot, the wands.
examples: text: Without question, he is the best left-footed player I've ever played with. Along with his wand of a left foot he also has great pace and can be as hard as nails.
ref: 2013 October 17, Lee McCulloch, Simp-Lee the Best: My Autobiography, Black & White Publishing, →ISBN:
text: Shortly afterwards, Thomas lined up a corner and with his wand of a right foot, landed it on the head of Campbell to get Everton's second.
ref: 2019 February 15, Chris Sweeney, Mad Dog Gravesen, eBook Partnership, →ISBN:
text: Cresswell also had a wand of a left foot, which was a threat from open play and set-pieces – though his quality in the latter category wasn't used as often in 2015/16 due to Payet's presence.
ref: 2021 May 10, Danny Lewis, Boleyn's Farewell, eBook Partnership, →ISBN:
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glosses: A player's foot used especially skillfully in football.
Synonyms: staff
rod
Derived terms: bubble wand
fairy wand
golden wand
knife wand
love wand
magic wand
mill-wand
optical wand
princess wand
royal wand
search wand
toilet wand
violet wand
wand mullein
wand of peace
wandwork
wand work
water wand