wand
noun
[ wɒnd ]
• a long, thin stick or rod.
Similar:
baton,
stick,
staff,
pole,
bar,
dowel,
rod,
stake,
club,
truncheon,
mace,
sceptre,
twig,
cane,
birch,
switch,
sprig,
withe,
withy,
caduceus,
• a handheld electronic device which can be passed over a barcode to read the encoded data.
• "he waves the computer wand over the special barcode"
• one of the suits in some tarot packs, corresponding to batons in others.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old Norse vǫndr, probably of Germanic origin and related to wend and wind2.
