wand´like´

wand «wond», noun.

1. a slender stick or rod: »

The magician waved his wand, and a rabbit popped out of his hat.

2. any small, handheld device, such as a curling iron or television remote control: »

I…punched REW on my wand, [and] flipped over to Channel 4 of the TV (New Yorker).

3. British. a rod or staff carried as a sign of office, especially a tall, slender rod of white wood, sometimes of ebony or silver, carried erect by an officer of the royal household, a court of justice, etc., on occasions of ceremony.

4. U.S. a slat, six feet long and two inches wide, set up as a mark for shooting in archery, 100 yards away for men, 60 for women.

5. Scottish. a slender, pliant stick cut from a stem or branch of a shrub or young tree.

6. Archaic. a young shoot; slender stem of a shrub or tree; slender branch or twig.

7. Obsolete. a scepter.

╂[< Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic vöndr). Probably related to wend (Cf. ↑wend), wind². (Cf. ↑wind)]

–wand´like´, adjective.