wandwork means the use of a wand (or sometimes a similar instrument or tool, even an extended finger) in practicing magic, casting spells, or performing a mystical or religious ritual or ceremony (e.g. drawing symbols such as pentagrams in the air, as in Wicca). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
Etymology
From wand + work.
noun
- The use of a wand (or sometimes a similar instrument or tool, even an extended finger) in practicing magic, casting spells, or performing a mystical or religious ritual or ceremony (e.g. drawing symbols such as pentagrams in the air, as in Wicca).
- The use of a wand in a stage-magic performance.
- The use of a long wand (stick) in training horses.
- The use of a long thick wand (stick) in calisthenic exercises.
- A thing or things made of woven wands; wickerwork.