\Wand\, n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. v["o]ndr, akin to
Dan. vaand, Goth. wandus; perhaps originally, a pliant twig,
and akin to E. wind to turn.]
1. A small stick; a rod; a verge.
         With good smart blows of a wand on his back.
                                               --Locke.
2. Specifically:
   (a) A staff of authority.
             Though he had both spurs and wand, they seemed
             rather marks of sovereignty than instruments of
             punishment.                       --Sir P.
                                               Sidney.
   (b) A rod used by conjurers, diviners, magicians, etc.
             Picus bore a buckler in his hand; His other
             waved a long divining wand.       --Dryden.
{Wand of peace} (Scots Law), a wand, or staff, carried by the
   messenger of a court, which he breaks when deforced (that
   is, hindered from executing process), as a symbol of the
   deforcement, and protest for remedy of law. --Burrill.