wand Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a rod used by a magician or water diviner
  2. noun a thin supple twig or rod
    • stems bearing slender wands of flowers
  3. noun a ceremonial or emblematic staff
    scepter; verge; sceptre.
  4. noun a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir
    baton.

WordNet

Wand noun
Etymology
Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. vöndr, akin to Dan. vaand, Goth. wandus; perhaps originally, a pliant twig, and akin to E. wind to turn.
Definitions
  1. A small stick; a rod; a verge.
    With good smart blows of a wand on his back. Locke.
  2. Specifically: (a) A staff of authority.
    Though he had both spurs and wand, they seemed rather marks of sovereignty than instruments of punishment. Sir P. Sidney.
    (b) A rod used by conjurers, diviners, magicians, etc.
    Picus bore a buckler in his hand; His other waved a long divining wand. Dryden.
    Burrill.

Webster 1913