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wandy, a.|ˈwɒndɪ|
[f. wand n. + -y.]
†1. (See quot.) Obs.
1611Cotgr., Baguetteux, wandie, full of rods, wands, or switches.
2. Resembling a wand; long and flexible. rare.
1825Brockett N.C. Gloss., Wandy, long and flexible; like a wand. 1880Lanier Poems, On a Palmetto 3 To where expands His wandy circlet with his bladed bands Dividing every wind.
3. dial. (See quots.) [Possibly a different word, directly f. wand- to turn: see wend v.]
1824Carr Craven Dial. 9 He wor a mortal nice viewly wandy beast. 1876Mid-Yorksh. Gloss. s.v., ‘A wandy body,’ is a person one would consider stout, but who is well⁓made and active. |