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t. & i. [WAN, a.] A. Trans.: To make or render wan or pale. B. In trans.: To become wan or pale. "All his visage wanned."-Shakesp.: Hamlet , ii. 2. wan, pret . & pa . par . of v . [WIN, v.] ( Scotch .) wan-chan-çỹ, adj . [A corruption of unchanсу (q. v.).) Unlucky. ( Scotch .) "Some wanchancy person - I suspect John Heather. blatter the auld gamekeeper."- Scott : Waverley , ch. lxiv. wand, s. [Icel. võndr (gen it. vandar )=a wand, a switch: O. Sw. wand; Dan. vaand ; Goth. wan dus. From O. Scand. wand , vand , pa. t. of O. Sw. wind a; Icel. vinda ; Dan. vinde to wind (q. v.).] 1. A small stick, staff, or rod. "With a single wand in his hand."- Milton : Hist . Britain, bk. iv. 2. A rod or staff, having some special use or character; as(1) A rod used by conjurers, diviners, or magicians. IMG:content-0642.jpg:[blocks in formation] "Then the Cor rigid or hauing an officer with him which bare a white wand in his hand, sayd yeeld your selfe."- Hackluyt : Voyages , ii. 118. (3) A small baton, forming part of the insignia of the me enger of a court of justice in Scotland, and which he must exhibit before making a caption; called more fully a wand of peace. "The legal officer, confronted with him of the mil i tary, grasped with one doubtful hand the greasy bludgeon which was to enforce his authority, and with the other produced his short official baton, tipped with silver, and having a movable ring upon it-'Captain M'Intyre. Sir, I have no quarrel with you, but if you interrupt me in my duty, I will break the wand of peace , and declare myself deforced.' And he slid his enigmatical ring from one end of the baton to the other, being the appro- priate symbol of his having been forcibly interrupted in the discharge of his duty."- Scott : Antiquary , ch. xlii. *wand-like, a . Like a rod or staff. "Her stature to an inch; as wand - like straight As silver-voiced; her eyes as jewel-like." Shakesp.: Pericles , v. 1.