wand

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A thin supple rod, twig, or stick.
2. n. A slender rod carried as a symbol of office in a procession; a scepter.
3. n. Music A conductor's baton.
4. n. A stick or baton used by a magician, conjurer, or diviner.
5. n. A pipelike attachment that lengthens the handle of a device or tool: a vacuum cleaner that has two extension wands.
6. n. A hand-held electronic device, often shaped like a rod, that is used for security purposes to detect metal.
7. n. Sports A six-foot by two-foot slat used as an archery target.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A slender stick; a rod.
2. n. A twig; a bough.
3. n. A rod, or staff having some special use or character. Specifically A staff of authority.
4. n. A rod used by conjurers or diviners.
5. n. A small baton which forms part of the insignia of the messenger of a court of justice in Scotland, and which he must exhibit before executing a caption: called more fully wand of peace.
6. n. The baton used by a musical con ductor.

Wiktionary

1. n. A stick or staff.
2. n. by extension An instrument shaped like a stick or staff such as a curling wand.
3. n. a magic wand.
4. n. A branch or stalk, especially of willow.
5. n. A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or a card of that suit.
6. v. transitive To scan (e.g. a passenger at an airport) with a metal detector.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A small stick; a rod; a verge.
2. n. A staff of authority.
3. n. A rod used by conjurers, diviners, magicians, etc.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir
2. n. a ceremonial or emblematic staff
3. n. a thin supple twig or rod
4. n. a rod used by a magician or water diviner