Wand vs. Willow

Wandnoun

A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority.

Wandnoun

(by extension) An instrument shaped like a wand, such as a curling wand.

Wandnoun

A magic wand.

Wandnoun

A stick, branch, or stalk, especially of willow.

Wandnoun

A card of a particular suit of the minor arcana in tarot, the wands.

Wandverb

(transitive) To scan (e.g. a passenger at an airport) with a metal detector.

Wandnoun

A small stick; a rod; a verge.

Wandnoun

A staff of authority.

Wandnoun

A rod used by conjurers, diviners, magicians, etc.

Wandnoun

a baton used by a magician or water diviner

Wandnoun

a ceremonial or emblematic staff

Wand

A wand is a thin, light-weight rod that is held with one hand, and is traditionally made of wood, but may also be made of other materials, such as metal or plastic. Long versions of wands are often styled in forms of staves or sceptres, which could have large ornamentation on the top.

Willownoun

Any of various deciduous trees or shrubs in the genus Salix, in the willow family Salicaceae, found primarily on moist soils in cooler zones in the northern hemisphere.

Willownoun

The wood of these trees.

Willownoun

A cricket bat.

Willownoun

The baseball bat.

Willownoun

A rotating spiked drum used to open and clean cotton heads.

Willowverb

(transitive) To open and cleanse (cotton, flax, wool, etc.) by means of a willow.

Willowverb

(intransitive) To form a shape or move in a way similar to the long, slender branches of a willow.

Willownoun

Any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, including many species, most of which are characterized often used as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. "A wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight." Sir W. Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the person beloved, is said to wear the willow.

Willownoun

A machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes; - probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods, though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called also willy, twilly, twilly devil, and devil.

Willowverb

To open and cleanse, as cotton, flax, or wool, by means of a willow. See Willow, n., 2.

Willownoun

any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix

Willownoun

a textile machine having a system of revolving spikes for opening and cleaning raw textile fibers

Willow

Willows, also called sallows and osiers, form the genus Salix, are around 400 species of deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Most species are known as willow, but some narrow-leaved shrub species are called osier, and some broader-leaved species are referred to as sallow (from Old English sealh, related to the Latin word salix, willow).