slender+stick

  • 51Black rod — Rod Rod, n. [The same word as rood. See {Rood}.] 1. A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes). Specifically: (a) An instrument of punishment or correction; figuratively,… …

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  • 52perch — Rod Rod, n. [The same word as rood. See {Rood}.] 1. A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes). Specifically: (a) An instrument of punishment or correction; figuratively,… …

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  • 53pole — Rod Rod, n. [The same word as rood. See {Rood}.] 1. A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes). Specifically: (a) An instrument of punishment or correction; figuratively,… …

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  • 54Rod — Rod, n. [The same word as rood. See {Rood}.] 1. A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes). Specifically: (a) An instrument of punishment or correction; figuratively,… …

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  • 55Rods and cones — Rod Rod, n. [The same word as rood. See {Rood}.] 1. A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes). Specifically: (a) An instrument of punishment or correction; figuratively,… …

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  • 56wand — wandlike, adj. /wond/, n. 1. a slender stick or rod, esp. one used by a magician, conjurer, or diviner. 2. a rod or staff carried as an emblem of one s office or authority. 3. a slender shoot, stem, or branch of a shrub or tree. 4. a small… …

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  • 57rod — n. 1. Twig, shoot, slender stem. 2. Wand, slender stick, cane. 3. Switch, scourge, birch, cudgel. 4. Pole, perch. 5. Shoot, branch (of a family), tribe, race. 6. Wand, sceptre …

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  • 58wand — [[t]wɒnd[/t]] n. 1) a slender stick or rod, esp. one used by a magician or conjurer 2) a rod or staff carried as an emblem of one s office or authority 3) bot a slender shoot, stem, or branch of a shrub or tree 4) cvb a small applicator for… …

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  • 59baton — [bə tän′, batän′; ] Brit [ ba′tän΄] n. [Fr bâton < OFr baston < VL * basto < LL bastum, stick, prob. of Gaul orig.] 1. a staff serving as a symbol of office 2. Heraldry a short, narrow bend: in England, a baton placed diagonally right to …

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  • 60fescue — /fes kyooh/, n. 1. Also called fescue grass. any grass of the genus Festuca, some species of which are cultivated for pasture or lawns. 2. a pointer, as a straw or slender stick, used to point out the letters in teaching children to read. [1350… …

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