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wand

noun
/wɒnd/UK/wɑnd/US/wɔnd/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- Proto-Germanic *wanduz Old Norse vǫndrbor. Middle English wand English wand From Middle English wand, wond, from Old Norse vǫndr (“switch, twig”), from Proto-Germanic *wanduz (“rod”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, twist, wind, braid”). Cognate with Icelandic vendi (“wand”), Danish vånd (“wand, switch”), German Wand (“wall, septum”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (wandus, “rod”).

  1. derived from want — “glove”
  2. borrowed from Wand
  3. derived from gewant — “cloth, garment”
  4. borrowed from Wand
  5. derived from wand — “mole”

Definitions

  1. A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional…

    A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority.

  2. An instrument shaped like a wand.

    • curling wand
    • Shop vac serves as blower to force vermiculite in fiber drum up through vacuum-cleaner wand and hose into wall opening

  3. A stick, branch, or stalk, especially of willow.

    • The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands.
    • In addition to the distinction of a white frock, every woman and girl carried in her right hand a peeled willow-wand, and in her left a bunch of white flowers.
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. A card of a particular suit of the minor arcana in tarot, the wands.

    2. A player's foot used especially skillfully in football.

      • Without question, he is the best left-footed player I've ever played with. Along with his wand of a left foot he also has great pace and can be as hard as nails.
      • Shortly afterwards, Thomas lined up a corner and with his wand of a right foot, landed it on the head of Campbell to get Everton's second.
      • Cresswell also had a wand of a left foot, which was a threat from open play and set-pieces – though his quality in the latter category wasn't used as often in 2015/16 due to Payet's presence.

    3. To scan (e.g. a passenger at an airport) with a handheld metal detector.

    4. To use a handheld vibrator (the sex toy) on (a person or body part).

    5. A surname.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at wand. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at wand. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at wand

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA