n.
The official staff or wand of Hermes or Mercury, the messenger of the gods. It was originally said to be a herald's staff of olive wood, but was afterwards fabled to have two serpents coiled about it, and two wings at the top. →
n.
The act of revising; reexamination for correction; review; as, the revision of a book or writing, or of a proof sheet; a revision of statutes. →
n.
A round-toed, armed covering for the feet, worn during a part of the sixteenth century in both military and civil dress. →
a. & n. from Sacre. →