n.
Pronunciation: ' wänd
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, slender stick, from Old Norse v ỏ ndr; probably akin to Old English windan to wind, twist ― more at WIND
Date: 13th century
1 : a slender staff carried in a procession : VERGE
2 : a slender rod used by conjurers and magicians
3 : a slat six feet by two inches used as a target in archery also : a narrow strip of paper pasted vertically on a target face
4 : any of various pipelike devices especially : the rigid tube between the hose and the nozzle of a vacuum cleaner
5 : a handheld device used to enter information (as from a bar code) into a computer