Main Entry:

wand

Pronunciation:

\ˈwänd\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Middle English, slender stick, from Old Norse vǫndr; probably akin to Old English windan to wind, twist — more at wind

Date:

13th century

1: a slender staff carried in a procession : verge2: a slender rod used by conjurers and magicians3: a slat six feet by two inches used as a target in archery ; also : a narrow strip of paper pasted vertically on a target face4: any of various pipelike devices ; especially : the rigid tube between the hose and the nozzle of a vacuum cleaner5: a handheld device used to enter information (as from a bar code) into a computer