Meaning of Wand | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority.
2. A surname.
3. A stick or rod used by a magician (a magic wand), conjurer or diviner (divining rod).
4. An instrument shaped like a wand, such as a curling wand.
   broadly
5. A stick, branch, or stalk, especially of willow.
6. A card of a particular suit of the minor arcana in tarot, the wands.
7. A player's foot used especially skillfully in football.
   UK, figuratively, informal

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Examples

“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.”

“Love is that blessed wand which wins the waters from the hardness of the heart.”

“Shop vac serves as blower to force vermiculite in fiber drum up through vacuum-cleaner wand and hose into wall opening”

“The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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