Rōod1, n.
n. [L. Ger. rood, rode, D. rood, H. Ger. ruthe. See Rod.]
- The fourth part of an acre, or forty square rods.
- A measure of five and one half yards in length; a rod; a perch; a pole. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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Rood
Rōod2, n.
n. [A. S. rōd, rod, cross. See ROD.] A representation of the cross with Christ hanging on it; or more generally of the Trinity, the Father being represented as an elderly man fully clothed, with a nimbus around his head, holding the cross, on which the Son is represented as crucified, the Holy Spirit descending in the form of a dove near the Son’s head. Figures of the Virgin Mary and of St. John are often placed near the principal figures. Savior, in thine image seen Bleeding in that precious rood. Wordsworth. By the rood, by the cross;—a phrase formerly used in swearing. “No, by the rood, not so.” Shak.