Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WAND, n. [D. vaand.]

1. A small stick; a rod. If child runs away, a few strokes of a wand will bring him back.
2. A staff of authority; as, a silver wand.
3. A rod used by conjurers or diviners. Picus bore a buckler in his hand, / His other wav'd a long divining wand. – Dryden.