Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - wand
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(wands) A wand is the same as a magic wand. You can’t simply wave a wand and get rid of nuclear weapons. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Middle English, slender stick, from Old Norse vondr; probably akin to Old English windan to wind, twist — more at wind Date: 13th century 1. a slender staff carried in a procession ; verge 2. a slender rod used by conjurers and magicians 3. a slat six feet by two inches used as a target in archery; also a narrow strip of paper pasted vertically on a target face 4. any of various pipelike devices; especially the rigid tube between the hose and the nozzle of a vacuum cleaner 5. a handheld device used to enter information (as from a bar code) into a computer ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a a supposedly magic stick used in casting spells by a fairy, magician, etc. b a stick used by a conjurer for effect. 2 a slender rod carried or used as a marker in the ground. 3 a staff symbolizing some officials' authority. 4 colloq. a conductor's baton. 5 a hand-held electronic device which can be passed over a bar-code to read the data this represents. Etymology: ME prob. f. Gmc: cf. WEND, WIND(2) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
4.
1) жёсткий переходник (от шланга к патрубку пылесоса) 2) щуп; пробник (жезлового типа) - optical wand - tuning wand ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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1. тонкая палочка 2. дирижерская палочка 3. волшебная палочка with a wave of a wand —- по мановению волшебной палочки 4. ист. жезл; скипетр 5. преим. шотл. удилище 6. тонкая ветка; побег; прут 7. спец. вешка, маркировочная палочка (также wand marker) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) прут, палочка 2) дирижерская палочка 3) волшебная палочка 4) жезл 5) obs. скипетр ...Англо-русский словарь
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mil. abbr. Wide Area Neutralization Device railroad abbr. Wisconsin and Michigan Railway Company network. abbr. Web Assisted Notification Of Devices non-prof. org. abbr. Women's Action for New Directions TV st.abbr. TV-17, Decatur, Illinois ...English abbreviation dictionary
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- c.1200, from O.N. vondr "rod, switch," from the root of O.E. windan "to turn, twist" (see wind (v.)). The notion is of a bending, flexible stick. Magic wand is late M.E. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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