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    Wander , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wandered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Wandering.] [OE. wandren, wandrien, AS. wandrian; akin to G. wandern to wander; fr. AS. windan to turn. See Wind to turn.]
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    1. To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fields.
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      They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins.
      Heb. xi. 37.

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      He wandereth abroad for bread.
      Job xv. 23.

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    2. To go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject.
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      When God caused me to wander from my father's house.
      Gen. xx. 13.

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      O, let me not wander from thy commandments.
      Ps. cxix. 10.

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    3. To be delirious; not to be under the guidance of reason; to rave; as, the mind wanders.
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      Syn. -- To roam; rove; range; stroll; gad; stray; straggly; err; swerve; deviate; depart.
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    Wandering, a. & n. from Wander, v.
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    Wandering albatross (Zool.), the great white albatross. See Illust. of Albatross. -- Wandering cell (Physiol.), an animal cell which possesses the power of spontaneous movement, as one of the white corpuscles of the blood. -- Wandering Jew (Bot.), any one of several creeping species of Tradescantia, which have alternate, pointed leaves, and a soft, herbaceous stem which roots freely at the joints. They are commonly cultivated in hanging baskets, window boxes, etc. -- Wandering kidney (Med.), a morbid condition in which one kidney, or, rarely, both kidneys, can be moved in certain directions; -- called also floating kidney, movable kidney. -- Wandering liver (Med.), a morbid condition of the liver, similar to wandering kidney. -- Wandering mouse (Zool.), the whitefooted, or deer, mouse. See Illust. of Mouse. -- Wandering spider (Zool.), any one of a tribe of spiders that wander about in search of their prey.
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