Along the sidelines a high border ( vant, sarg, wand, wall ) is placed to prevent the ball from leaving the ice.

Another, dressed as Mercury, tests for life-signs with a heated " wand "; once confirmed as dead, the body is dragged from the arena.

Another object is the Porta a stick, called rhabdomyolysis ( stick ) or skeptron ( scepter ), which is referred to as a magic wand.

A thermometer constructed for probing stored food is also sometimes called a " temperature wand ".

* September 29, 1999: The Mickey Mouse arm holding a wand is dedicated with " 2000 " ( later changed to " Epcot ") over Spaceship Earth

* July 9, 2007: Spaceship Earth closes for major renovation ; Mickey Mouse wand is removed

One London critic stated " His baton is not the magician's wand of a virtuoso conductor.

A light pen, also called a selector pen, is a computer input device in the form of a light-sensitive wand used in conjunction with a computer's CRT display.

Tex Avery also used it in his MGM short Magical Maestro when an opera singer is temporarily changed into the persona, fruit hat and all, via a magician's wand.

It is a beneficent wand but also a weapon, and can be used to destroy those who oppose his cult and the freedoms he represents.

As in the main picture, Thoth is almost always shown holding a Was ( a wand or rod symbolizing power ) in one hand and an Ankh ( the key of the Nile symbolizing life ) in the other hand.

Don Rosa's incarnation of Magica De Spell is, however, far more limited as she usually only uses magic through magical objects and in The Quest for Kalevala, Magica acknowledges that she can't use magic without a wand.

A repeat of this gag near the end of the cartoon ( as Mysto is forced to sing and turns into the characters that Poochini was turned to thanks to the magic wand ) was also cut.

Two are notable ; one is a full-length, stately and dignified, in which he wears the green cross of the order of Alcantara and holds a wand, the badge of his office as master of the horse, the other, a great equestrian portrait in which he is flatteringly represented as a field marshal during action.

Rudolf Simek says that the name Göndul is etymologically rooted in Old Norse gandr ( meaning " magic, magic wand "), yet in the Norwegian ' Göndul charm ' it appears to mean " magical animal ; werewolf?

For open rituals in public places, this is sometimes done with a ritual wand or staff instead, since there may be legal complications involved with swords and daggers in public places, even when the edges have been dulled.

Most Wiccan traditions associate the athame with the masculine principle and with the element of fire, as did Gerald Gardner ; while the wand is associated with air.

In the Magician's right hand is a wand raised towards heaven, the sky or the element æther, while his left hand is pointing to the earth.

* In the SNES video game Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen, the Magician is portrayed as holding a wand surrounded by mists.

It is struck with a wand, beating time for the symphonia.

White's version of the King Arthur story The Once and Future King, lignum vitae, from which the wand of Merlin is made, has magical powers.

The needle is then stuck into a slender sniggling pole such as a hazel wand, eight to ten feet long.

She invited Odysseus ' crew to a feast of familiar food, a pottage of cheese and meal, sweetened with honey and laced with wine, but also laced with one of her magical potions, and she turned them all into swine with a wand after they gorged themselves on it.

Skírnir also threatens Gerðr with his gambantein, a magic wand.

Poochini grabs the hairpiece and puts it on while Mysto makes a run for it, but Poochini, having also grabbed the magic wand, puts Mysto up on stage, and unleashes the same gimmicks on the hapless magician at high speed.

* The Lurigadawne of Tipperary wore an " antique slashed jacket of red, with peaks all round and a jockey cap, also sporting a sword, which he uses as a magic wand ".

The Lord also carries his wand of office.

An espresso machine may also have a steam wand which is used to steam and froth liquids, to include milk, for beverages such as the cappuccino and latte.

A wand ( also: magic wand ) is a thin, straight, hand-held stick of wood, stone, ivory, or metal.

In Pharaonic Egypt, toilette articles, weapons against possible enemies, amulets against serpents, were also left in the tomb, together with magic texts and a magic wand which enabled the ba ( soul ) to use them.

In Wicca the wand usually represents the element air, or sometimes fire, although contemporary wand makers also create wands for the elements of earth and water as well.

The prince's wand ( also known as a penis plug ) is a piece of body piercing jewelry.

The use of a magician's top hat and magic wand in images and logos also showed that MandrakeSoft wanted to associate the name with a magician and not ( for example ) the mandrake root.

While wands do not pinch fingers like regular floss can, using a wand may be awkward and can also make it difficult to floss at all the angles possible with regular floss.

The second element is from the root wand -, whence also English to wend and to wander.

An inoculation loop, also called a smear loop, inoculation wand or microstreaker, is a simple tool used mainly by microbiologists to retrieve an inoculum from a culture of microorganisms.

Though she relies primarily on vocal spells, she is also shown to be able to effectively wield Kadabra's magic wand after he binds her mouth closed and when she tries to remove it she pulls out a stream of handkerchiefs tied to her tongue.

Following the death of the witch Desiderata Hollow, Magrat Garlick is sent her magic wand, for Desiderata was not only a witch, but also a Fairy Godmother.

After Voldemort's death, Harry uses the Elder Wand to repair his own damaged wand, then decides to return it to Dumbledore's tomb ; he also drops the Resurrection Stone in the Forbidden Forest, but decides not to look for it in the hope that no wizard will ever be able to own all three Hallows.

At first glance, the Map is simply a blank piece of parchment ; but when the user points his wand at the Map and says, " I solemnly swear that I am up to no good ", the message " Messrs. Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs, purveyors of aids to magical mischief-makers, are proud to present the Marauder's Map ," and a detailed layout of Hogwarts appears.

Wogan himself destroyed the wand on a Children in Need one-off special in the 2000s.

Blankety Blank returned to British screens as a one-off edition as part of the BBC's annual Children in Need telethon in which Terry Wogan reprised his role as the host of the show accompanied by his wand microphone.