[wond] 
| 1. | a slender stick or rod, esp. one used by a magician, conjurer, or diviner. |
| 2. | a rod or staff carried as an emblem of one's office or authority. |
| 3. | a slender shoot, stem, or branch of a shrub or tree. |
| 4. | a small applicator for cosmetics, usually having a brush at the tip: She applied the mascara with a wand. |
| 5. | U.S. Archery. a slat 6 ft. (183 cm) by 2 in. (5 cm) placed at a distance of 100 yd. (91 m) for men and 60 yd. (55 m) for women, and used as a target. |
| 6. | Also called wand reader. an electronic device, in the form of a hand-held rod, that can optically read coded data, as on a merchandise label or tag or the page of a book. |
| wand (wŏnd) n.
[Middle English, from Old Norse vöndr.] |
