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   Wand (?), n. [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.
   
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   With good smart blows of a wand on his back. Locke.
   
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   2. Specifically: (a) A staff of authority.
   
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   Though he had both spurs and wand, they seemed rather marks of sovereignty than instruments of punishment. Sir P. Sidney.
   
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   (b) A rod used by conjurers, diviners, magicians, etc.
   
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   Picus bore a buckler in his hand;
   
   His other waved a long divining wand. Dryden.
   
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   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.
   
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