WAND


Meaning of WAND in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈwänd ]

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 : 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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.