rove vs wand

rove

verb
  • To draw through an eye or aperture. 

  • To card wool or other fibres. 

  • To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area. 

  • To plough into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together. 

  • simple past tense of rive 

  • simple past tense of reeve 

  • To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning. 

  • To roam or wander through. 

  • To practice robbery on the seas; to voyage about on the seas as a pirate. 

noun
  • A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boatbuilding. 

  • A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and lightly twisted, preparatory to further processing; a roving. 

  • The act of wandering; a ramble. 

wand

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

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

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

  • An instrument shaped like a wand, such as a curling wand. 

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

  • A stick or rod used by a magician (a magic wand), conjurer or diviner (divining rod). 

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