wand /ˈwɑnd/
魔杖,嫩枝,細枝;短杖,權杖
wand
條形碼讀入器; 識別筆
wand
條碼閱讀機
Wand n.
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.
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wand
n 1: a baton used by a magician or water diviner
2: a ceremonial or emblematic staff [syn: scepter, sceptre,
verge]