{i} scepter; slender young branch; staff used by a magician; conductor's baton; long pipe on a vacuum between the hose and the attachment
A rod that controls the tilt or other movement of a blind, normally associated with light control
a stiff 4' dressage whip with a short 3" stiff lash on the end The wand is used to settle, cue, and bring awareness to the horse's body, and can become a focus for a nervous or flighty horse as you work through the ground obstacles It is used as an extension of the handlers body, and as a means of reward for the horse (stroking the body or legs)
A hand-held optical character recognition device used for data entry by many transaction terminals
- A pen-shaped bar code scanner that emits a beam from the end or tip of the wand Wands are older, bar code reading technology but inexpensive and still widely used where speed and performance are not crucial
Rarely the thin pointy thing popularised by Disney, a wand will vary in it's substance depending on the person in question The length of the wand should match the distance between your elbow and wrist, and is usually made of either wood or copper (although the copper ones are often leather bound for obvious reasons!) Some tip their wands with crystals, others with acorns, others leave them plain The wand is used most commonly as a tool for directing energy
A pen-shaped bar code scanner that emits a beam from the end or tip of the wand Wands are older, bar code reading technology but inexpensive and still widely used where speed and performance are not crucial